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• Plummeting unemployment is twinned with soaring inflation

• Boyko Borissov is gaining support for next year’s elections

• FT reports on efforts to stamp out a thriving black market PDF - -

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Young demoracy under a watchful eye

There is still some way to go to meet EU standards, say Stefan Wagstyl, Kerin Hope and and Theodor Troev

Economy: External pressures fail to eradicate optimism

Kerin Hope reports on the country’s fiscal growing pains

Politics: Karate champion strikes a local chord

Stefan Wagstyl meets an ex-police general committed to fighting crime

Crime and corruption: Brussels shines light on shady borders

Stefan Wagstyl reports on progress in a super-sized cleanup

Heritage: The fight to save a rich past from looters

Kerin Hope and Theodor Troev on efforts to preserve Thracian antiquity

Varna: Black Sea town avoids demographic problems

Kerin Hope visits the vibrant port

Research: Space food heads for health stores

Bacteria used by cosmonauts also have a commercial value, writes Kerin Hope

Who’s who: Workers in the economic engine room

FT reporters profile some of the nation’s leading figures

Investor profile: Political wrangling slows applications for mining rights

Nationalism is causing difficulties for one metals company, writes Kerin Hope

Golf: Coastal courses hoping to beat par

Theodor Troev and Kerin Hope look at sporting developments on the Black Sea

Corporate profile: Stomana

Guest column: Location could be a golden ticket


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