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Bulgaria sells 1.99 billion euro dual-tranche bond issue

March 15, 2016March 16, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria has successfully sold a dual-tranche bond issue worth 1.994 billion euro on March 14, taking advantage of last week’s

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria has the youngest first-time mothers in the EU – Eurostat

March 15, 2016March 16, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Eurostat

Bulgaria has the youngest first-time mothers in the European Union, with Bulgarian women giving birth to children for the first

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian traffic cops accept people’s videos and photos as evidence of road law violations

March 15, 2016March 16, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian traffic police accept videos and photos sent by private citizens as evidence of gross breaches of road use laws

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian police protest as Parliament discusses reforms to Interior Ministry Act

March 15, 2016March 16, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian police unions were continuing protests on March 15 2016 as Parliament’s committee on internal security and public order was

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarians cut back bookings for Easter holidays in Turkey, Greece – reports

March 15, 2016March 16, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece, tourism, Turkey

There is a 40 per cent decrease in the number of Bulgarians intending to visit Turkey at Easter, following a

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Bulgaria to backtrack on ban on camping on beaches

March 14, 2016March 16, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, tourism

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has told his GERB party to table legislation to repeal a highly controversial ban, recently

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Bulgaria presses plea for EU backing for stopping migrants being redirected to Bulgarian borders

March 14, 2016March 15, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Turkey

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov has put to European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini his country’s plea that a

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Bulgaria annual CPI records 0.5% deflation in February

March 14, 2016March 15, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s consumer price index (CPI) recorded 0.5 per cent annual deflation in February, while the monthly data showed CPI shrinking

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Sofia City Court confirms two plea bargains with Ataka’s Siderov, rejects one

March 14, 2016March 15, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Volen Siderov

In three separate rulings on March 14 2016, Sofia City Court confirmed two plea bargains with Ataka leader Volen Siderov

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