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Bulgaria records 0.8% economic growth in Q4 2015 – flash estimate

February 12, 2016February 15, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s economy posted 0.8 per cent growth in the fourth quarter of 2015, the National Statistical Institute (NSI) said in a

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Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry issues advisory on Greek border blockades, protest in Athens

February 12, 2016February 14, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Greece

The Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued an advisory to the country’s citizens travelling to Greece ahead of the

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Bulgaria 

Turkey bans Bulgarian politicians from entering country – reports

February 11, 2016March 21, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Ahmed Dogan, Turkey

Turkey has banned Ahmed Dogan, founder and honorary president of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) – the party

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Bulgaria 

Publication of CCB depositors list prompts probes by Bulgaria revenue agency, top judiciary body

February 11, 2016February 15, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Bulgaria’s National Revenue Agency and the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) have both announced that they would investigate the list of

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Bulgaria 

Only 12% of Bulgarians see media as independent, trust in media falling – poll

February 11, 2016February 15, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Media

Only 12 per cent of Bulgarians believe that the media are independent, while trust in the media has further decreased,

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Migration Commissioner Avramopoulos to brief EC on Greek-Bulgarian border blockades

February 11, 2016February 11, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Europe migrant crisis, Greece

Dimitris Avramopoulos, European Commissioner for Migration and Home Affairs, said during a February 11 visit to Bulgaria that he would

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Another day of problems at Greek-Bulgarian borders because of blockade by protesting Greek farmers

February 11, 2016February 11, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Greece

The largest checkpoint on the Bulgarian-Greek border, Kulata-Promachonas, was again closed to goods lorries for some hours on February 11,

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Bulgaria renewable energy production down in 2014, still above 2020 target – Eurostat

February 10, 2016February 15, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Nine European Union member states, Bulgaria among them, had exceeded their renewable energy targets for 2020 in 2014, the bloc’s

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Bulgaria 

Polarised political reaction in Bulgaria to nomination of Bokova as candidate UN chief

February 10, 2016February 12, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Irina Bokova

Reactions among Bulgaria’s political parties in Parliament to the nomination of Irina Bokova as the country’s candidate to be the

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