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Bulgaria approves funds for contact centre with Greece, Turkey

May 4, 2016May 4, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgaria’s Cabinet approved on May 4 a sum of three million leva (about 1.5 million euro) to carry out projects

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s CCB gave 2.5B leva loans to Vassilev firms, probe finds

May 4, 2016May 6, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Companies directly or indirectly linked to Tsvetan Vassilev, majority shareholder in the Corporate Commercial Bank (CCB), received an estimated 2.5

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Bulgaria 

Sofia Science Festival 2016: Richard III, Rosetta and the stars

May 4, 2016May 16, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia Science Festival

The Sofia Science Festival is on from May 12 to 15 2016, this year boasting 69 events on a wide

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EU spring economic forecast re-iterates growth drop-off prediction for Bulgaria in 2016

May 3, 2016May 5, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission, macroeconomic indicators

European Commission’s spring forecast for the EU economy, released on May 3, cut the economic growth estimate in the 28-country

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Bulgaria, Croatia, share views on migration, energy issues

May 3, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Croatia

Bulgaria and Croatia share similar views on how the European Union should deal with the migration crisis, as well as

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria could face more referendum questions

May 3, 2016May 5, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria, already facing a referendum later this year on several questions of political reform, could face another – on questions

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Bulgaria 

Of optimism and the odds at the casino of chaos

May 3, 2016June 24, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Sofia Science Festival

We are optimistic animals, we human beings, and that gives us an evolutionary advantage. Yet, in other respects, it is

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Bulgaria 

Plevneliev to announce decision on veto of election law within days

May 2, 2016May 4, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev told reporters on May 2 that he would within a few days announce his decision on

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria reports Q1 Budget surplus in line with forecast

May 2, 2016May 31, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry has said that the consolidated Budget surplus for the first quarter of 2016 was 1.86 billion leva,

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