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Bulgaria records negative FDI of 106M euro in Q1 2017

May 18, 2017May 21, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first three months of 2017 showed a net outflow of 106 million euro,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Shalom organisation of Jews, on Simeonov and Nazi salutes scandal: ‘Joking about the Holocaust is inappropriate’

May 18, 2017January 7, 2019 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgarian Jews, Valeri Simeonov

Two Bulgarian Jewish organisations jointly have strongly condemned the statements and inappropriate comments by Valeri Simeonov, deputy prime minister and

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Bulgarian PM Borissov orders Defence Ministry official fired over Hitler salute photo

May 18, 2017May 19, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

In the second controversy to hit the Bulgarian government over a photo involving a Hitler salute, Prime Minister Boiko Borissov

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Bulgarian PM Borissov on ‘Nazi salute’ photo scandal: ‘It’s human while on business trips to make such jokes’

May 18, 2017May 18, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Valeri Simeonov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov, who accepted the resignation of a deputy minister who became notorious for a photograph of

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Bulgarian ‘Nazi salute’ deputy minister resigns after two days in office

May 17, 2017May 19, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Valeri Simeonov

Bulgarian Deputy Minister of Regional Development Pavel Tenev resigned on May 17, two days after his appointment, after a furore

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Brexit: Bulgaria wants protection for residence, health and pension rights of EU citizens in the UK

May 17, 2017May 19, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Brexit

Bulgaria wants protection of acquired rights of EU citizens and their families in the UK after Brexit, according to a

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Bulgaria 

Political row in Bulgaria over new nationalist deputy minister’s ‘Nazi salute’ photo

May 17, 2017May 18, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Valeri Simeonov

The opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party has expressed outrage that recently-appointed deputy minister of public works Pavel Tenev, a nominee of

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Household income in Bulgaria up by 3.5 per cent in first quarter of 2017 – NSI

May 17, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

The total income average per household member in Bulgaria during the first quarter of 2017 was 1281 leva (about 655

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EC President Juncker proposes Digital Economy and Society portfolio for Bulgaria’s European Commission nominee Maria Gabriel

May 16, 2017May 18, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, European Commission

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker is proposing to allocate the Digital Economy and Society portfolio to Mariaa Gabriel, the candidate

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