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Bulgaria’s Traffic Police: Record speeding violations during Festive Season

January 3, 2020January 6, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

The Festive Season holiday period has seen record violations of the speed limits on Bulgaria’s roads, with one motorist in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian railways announces 246M leva tender for 16 new electric trains

January 3, 2020January 5, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff BDZ

Bulgarian state railways BDZ Passenger Transport has announced a public procurement for 16 newly-manufactured electric trains, intended for use on

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Foreign Ministry: Bulgaria very concerned about escalation in Iraq

January 3, 2020January 5, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry said that it is very concerned about the escalation of tensions and violence in Iraq that has

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s road agency: 392M leva e-vignettes sold in 2019

January 2, 2020January 4, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Earnings from purchases of electronic road tax vignettes – “e-vignettes” – by Bulgarian and foreign drivers of light or heavy

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As 2020 begins, pensionable age in Bulgaria rises

January 2, 2020January 4, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

The pensionable age for men and women employees in Bulgaria increased again on January 1 2020. Bulgaria has three categories

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Five long weekends in Bulgaria in 2020

January 1, 2020January 3, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

There will be five long weekends in Bulgaria in 2020, some the result of the country’s law that says that

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Bulgaria’s road death toll in 2019 was higher than in 2018 – Interior Ministry

January 1, 2020January 3, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria ended the year 2019 with a road death toll of 623, twelve higher than the figure for 2018, the

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Warm praise for Bulgaria, Jewish community leadership, in WJC letter marking New Year 2020

January 1, 2020January 4, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

Warm praise for Bulgaria’s government, the leadership of the Bulgarian Jewish community and the work being done by Deputy Foreign

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Bulgaria January-November 2019 Budget surplus at 1.3B leva

December 31, 2019January 31, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry said on December 31 that the consolidated Budget surplus for the first 11 months of 2019 was

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