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Bulgaria’s revenue agency: Every second trader in Sunny Beach lies about turnover

June 22, 2016June 24, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Pubs, nightclubs, cafes and car parks in Bulgaria’s Black Sea coastal resort Sunny Beach massively are not reporting their turnovers,

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Bulgaria 

Poll: Confidence in Bulgarian government drops

June 21, 2016June 23, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Confidence in the Bulgarian government has dropped by two per cent over the period March to June, while the approval

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM: ‘Remain’ will win in Brexit vote with 60 to 70%

June 21, 2016June 27, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Brexit

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov predicted on June 21 that the Remain camp would win in the UK referendum on

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Bulgaria 

Police checkpoint plan at Bulgaria’s Sunny Beach resort irks hoteliers

June 21, 2016June 21, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency tourism

Sparks are flying between hoteliers and police in Bulgaria’s mass-tourism Sunny Beach resort on the Black Sea coast because of

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Bulgaria 

Resorts on Bulgaria’s northern Black Sea coast face large-scale tax checkups in July

June 20, 2016June 22, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency tourism, Varna

Bulgaria’s National Revenue Agency says that it will carry out large-scale checkups in resorts along the country’s northern Black Sea

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM Borissov: No one spoke to me about putting up teachers’ pay

June 20, 2016June 21, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Bulgaria’s Education Minister Meglena Kouneva said on June 19 that teachers’ salaries would go up by 10 per cent in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian newspapers’ circulation, numbers continue to decline – NSI

June 20, 2016June 22, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Media

Circulation of newspapers in Bulgaria decreased by more than 15 per cent in 2015, while the number of newspapers published

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President: Education reform must be national priority

June 19, 2016June 21, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

Revival of Bulgaria’s education system must be a national priority – long-term, non-partisan and strategic, President Rossen Plevneliev told a

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Bulgaria 

Anti-trust regulator complaint halts Sofia Airport concession

June 19, 2016June 21, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Bulgaria’s Transport Ministry said that it has suspended the concession for the Sofia Airport after a complaint has been filed

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