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Bulgaria annual CPI records 0.3% deflation in August

September 13, 2016September 14, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s consumer price index (CPI) shrank by 0.3 per cent year-on-year in August 2016, while the monthly data showed no

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Bulgaria World 

Russia summons Bulgarian ambassador over UN Secretary-General candidacy

September 12, 2016September 14, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Irina Bokova, Kristalina Georgieva

Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov summoned Bulgarian ambassador Boiko Kotsev for talks on September 12, with the two discussing “some

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Bulgaria World 

Clarity awaited in Bulgaria’s Bokova – Georgieva UN chief nomination drama

September 12, 2016September 14, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Irina Bokova, Kristalina Georgieva

Two days after reports that Bulgaria’s European Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva would emerge as a candidate to be the next United

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Bulgaria World 

Possible Georgieva UN candidacy irks Russia, Bokova camp

September 11, 2016September 13, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Irina Bokova, Kristalina Georgieva

The possibility that Bulgaria’s European Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva will be named as a candidate United Nations Secretary-General has led to

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Bulgaria 

Exclusive Interview/IBNA: Daniel Mitov, Foreign Minister of Bulgaria

September 10, 2016September 12, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency

How important is the conference in Rhodes, about security and stability, for your country Bulgaria? How necessary are conferences like

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Bulgaria World 

UN Secretary-General race: Kristalina Georgieva to be nominated – reports

September 10, 2016September 12, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Irina Bokova, Kristalina Georgieva

Bulgarian European Commission vice-president Kristalina Georgieva is to be a late entry into the race to succeed UN Secretary-General Ban

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Bulgaria 

BSP names MEP Yotova as vice-presidential candidate

September 10, 2016September 10, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2016

The opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) has named Iliyana Yotova, a member of the European Parliament, as its candidate vice-president

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Portugal’s Guterres front-runner in race for next UN chief

September 9, 2016September 12, 2016 Margaret Besheer of VOANews Irina Bokova

The lengthy process to select a new U.N. chief took another step forward Friday, as former Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio

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Political row over low-price sale of former royal stables in Sofia centre

September 9, 2016September 11, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has ordered the government’s chief inspectorate to investigate the office of the Sofia Regional Governor

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