FDI in Bulgaria in January was 44.9M euro
Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first month of the year stood at 44.9 million euro, the equivalent of
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Bulgarian state lottery jackpot hits 5.8M leva
An estimated 5.8 million leva, or about three million euro, will be up for grabs in one of the jackpots
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Bulgaria to slash diplomatic privileges for honorary consuls in the country
Bulgaria will massively cut back the privileges accorded to honorary consuls in the country, stripping them of diplomatic privileges, diplomatic
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Bulgarian Parliament passes Judiciary Act amendments at first reading
Bulgarian MPs passed at first reading on March 16 amendments to the country’s Judiciary Act, which reflect the changes in
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Bulgarian banker Vassilev seeking Serbian citizenship to avoid extradition – report
The former majority shareholder in Bulgaria’s insolvent Corporate Commercial Bank (CCB), Tsvetan Vassilev, has filed an application to receive Serbian
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Bulgarian Cabinet proposes to pay close to 6M euro towards EU 3BN euro deal with Turkey
Bulgaria’s Cabinet agreed on March 16 2016 to ask the National Assembly to ratify a contribution of 5.9 million euro
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Bulgarian Cabinet appoints new head of State Agency for Refugees
Bulgaria’s Cabinet has appointed Petya Purvanova, who had been interior minister in the 2013 Raykov caretaker cabinet, as the new
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Sofia penalises owners neglecting cultural monument buildings, orders restorations
Sofia city council has embarked on penalising owners, including the ministries of health and of justice and the Bulgarian Orthodox
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New proposal for Plovdiv’s ‘Tobacco Town’ building
A new proposal for the future of the “Tobacco Town” warehouse in Plovdiv – at the centre of a major
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