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Bulgaria reports 0.9% economic growth in Q1 2017

June 7, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s economy grew by 0.9 per cent in the first quarter of the year, according to preliminary data announced by

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Bulgaria 

Borissov in Berlin: Bulgaria and Germany can work together to help the Balkans

June 7, 2017June 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Because of Bulgaria’s geographical location and its 2018 presidency of the EU, the country can do much to help the Balkans,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Shalom Jewish organisation welcomes European Parliament resolution against anti-Semitism, calls for government action

June 7, 2017January 4, 2019 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian Jews

The Shalom Organization of the Jews in Bulgaria said on June 7 that it welcomed the approval by a huge

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Bulgarian Prosecutor-General Tsatsarov holds talks with President Radev on judicial reform

June 7, 2017June 8, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency judiciary, Roumen Radev

Continuing his series of meetings with senior figures in Bulgaria’s judicial system, President Roumen Radev held talks on June 7

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Bulgarian FM Zaharieva in Bucharest: Good co-operation with Romania on issues such as scrapping visas for Canada

June 7, 2017June 7, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Romania

There is good co-operation between Bulgaria and Romania on shared issues such as the abolition of visa requirements for their

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After talks with President, top Bulgarian judge says judicial reform so far has been ‘mimicry’

June 6, 2017June 6, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency judiciary, Roumen Radev

Speaking after talks on June 6 with Bulgarian head of state President Roumen Radev, the head of the country’s supreme

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Bulgarian security service checks top judge’s car after tyre bolts found missing – report

June 6, 2017June 7, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

Bulgaria’s National Protection Service initiated an investigation after the official car that was used by the head of the Supreme Cassation

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More than 8% of young Bulgarians used cannabis in a year – European annual report

June 6, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

About 8.3 per cent of Bulgarians aged 15 to 34 had used cannabis in the past year, the European Monitoring

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Pleven prosecutor arrested in Palace of Justice in Sofia on organised crime charges, gaoler also held

June 6, 2017January 9, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

A prosecutor from the Regional Prosecutor’s Office in the northern Bulgarian town of Pleven was arrested while in the Palace

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