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Bulgaria reports 0.7% economic growth in Q3 2015

December 4, 2015December 9, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s economy grew by 0.7 per cent in the third quarter of the year, according to preliminary data announced by

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Bulgaria 

Police check Sofia foreigner detention centre for ‘risk profile’ individuals

December 4, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv, Sofia

A special police operation was carried out on December 4 at the centre for temporary accommodation of foreigners in Sofia’s

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Bulgaria 

Everyone would lose if UK left EU, Bulgarian President tells Cameron

December 4, 2015December 9, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Rossen Plevneliev

It is in the interest of the whole European Union that the United Kingdom remains part of the European project,

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Bulgaria 

David Cameron, Bulgarian PM discuss UK’s EU reform proposals, security

December 3, 2015December 5, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

UK prime minister David Cameron and his Bulgarian counterpart Boiko Borissov discussed the British government’s proposals for EU reform, and

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian police question Armenian owner of van at centre of Sofia Airport drama

December 3, 2015December 4, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Sofia

Bulgarian Interior Ministry officers were on December 3 questioning an Armenian citizen who had returned to the country two days

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Bulgaria 

Plevneliev: Bulgaria’s policies on children set example for entire Balkan region

December 3, 2015December 4, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgaria’s policies on children set an example for the countries of the wider Balkan region, head of state President Rossen

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament passes 2016 Budget at second reading

December 2, 2015December 4, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian MPs passed the 2016 Budget Act at second reading late on December 2, following a 13-hour sitting, during which

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Bulgaria 

Plovdiv court rejects application to nullify 2015 mayoral election

December 2, 2015December 4, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2015, Plovdiv

The Plovdiv Administrative Court has rejected an application by the Coalition for Slavcho Atanassov to nullify the November 2015 election

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Bulgaria Budget surplus at 63.9M leva in January-October 2015

December 2, 2015December 3, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry said that the consolidated Budget surplus in the first 10 months of 2015 came in at 63.9

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