Bulgaria’s political scene: Doing the splits
The beginning of June 2012 finds Bulgaria about a year away from parliamentary elections, and undeclared campaigning already begun –
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Day: June 4, 2012
Pavlova calls for compulsory insurance of private buildings
Lilyana Pavlova, Minister of Regional Development and Public Works, has suggested the introduction of mandatory insurance against natural disasters for
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Bulgaria’s smoking ban: Hundreds of checks, few fines
Bulgarian health officials carried out more than 600 inspections on the first day that Bulgaria’s expanded law against smoking in
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Stormy start for Serbia’s Nikolić
The violence in northern Kosovo around a barricade-clearing operation conducted as Serbia’s new president Tomislav Nikolić was sworn in was
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A visitor’s observations on the Bulgarian wine scene
I would like to start by saying that, coming from South Africa, we are very impressed by the Bulgarian wine
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The Macedonia muddle
Ahead of the May 2012 Nato summit in Chicago, Macedonian prime minister Nikola Gruevski sent from Skopje a plea for
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Metropolitan Nikolai condemns Lady Gaga
Just days after Lady Gaga was prevented from performing in Indonesia after local Muslim fundamentalists labelled her a devil, she
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NASA to use rare Venus transit as planet-hunting exercise
The planet Venus will make a rare transit across the face of the Sun on June 5. The phenomenon will
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Controversial businessman charged with making death threats
Lovech-based businessman Grisha Ganchev is often mentioned in Bulgarian media as “an emblematic figure of Bulgaria’s transition”. The precise meaning
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