S&P Global raises Bulgaria’s credit rating to BBB, outlook positive
S&P Global Ratings has raised its long- and short-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit ratings on Bulgaria to ‘BBB/A-2’,
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Bulgaria January-October 2019 Budget surplus at 1.08B leva
Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry has said that the consolidated Budget surplus for the first 10 months of 2019 was 1.08 billion
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Bulgaria – North Macedonia commission on historical issues reports no progress
No progress has been made in the work of the Bulgaria – North Macedonia joint commission on historical and educational
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Bulgarian Labour and Social Policy Minister Bisser Petkov resigns
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov accepted on November 29 the resignation of Bisser Petkov as Minister of Labour and Social
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Eurostat: Unemployment in Bulgaria in October 2019 was 4.2%
Unemployment in Bulgaria in October 2019 was 4.2 per cent, up from 4.1 per cent a month earlier, European Union
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EC advances two infringement proceedings against Bulgaria
The European Commission said on November 28 that it was taking further action in two existing infringement proceedings against Bulgaria,
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EC report sees shortcomings in Bulgaria’s health care situation
The life expectancy of Bulgarians has improved but is still the lowest in the EU. This is according to the
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Bulgarian Red Cross joins in aiding areas hardest-hit by earthquake in Albania
The Bulgarian Red Cross (BRC) is providing, through the Albanian Red Cross, essential items from its disaster reserve to aid
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Longest railway tunnel in the Balkans to be built on Sofia – Plovdiv line
Bulgaria’s National Railway Infrastructure Company (NRIC) has signed a contract worth more than 498.8 million leva, excluding VAT, with a
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