Bulgarian prosecutors ask to investigate two MPs
Bulgaria’s prosecutor-general has asked Parliament to lift the immunity from prosecution from two MP, deputy speaker Anastas Anastassov said on
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Month: October 2012
EU bigwigs will bask in Nobel glory
It took almost a week: the EU, this year’s Nobel Peace Prize winner, announced on Thursday it has finally decided
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Italian scientists resign to protest earthquake ruling
Senior members of Italy’s government disaster assessment agency have resigned in protest, after seven scientists and experts were sentenced to
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Bulgaria loses ground in World Bank’s Doing Business report
Bulgaria fell two spots in the World Bank’s annual Doing Business report, ranking 66th out of 195 countries surveyed, losing
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Power cut to trolley bus lines in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv
Electricity distribution firm EVN Bulgaria has cut power to the trolley bus lines in Bulgaria’s second-largest city Plovdiv after the
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Depeche Mode confirm May 2013 gig in Sofia
Depeche Mode, the band that put Bulgaria back on the map as a tour destination for big-name artists in 2006,
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Bulgarians exploiting Greek system to get higher pensions – report
Thousands of Bulgarians have applied to receive retirement benefits in Greece, paying local residents to acquire address registration and bribing
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Bulgaria to host 2013 golf World Match Play Championship
Bulgaria will host its first European Tour golf event in 2013, when the Volvo Match Play Championship will be held
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Reactor at Bulgaria’s Kozloduy nuclear plant taken offline
Bulgaria’s Kozloduy nuclear power plant took one of its nuclear reactors offline on October 23 after mechanical failure shut down
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