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Day: November 23, 2012

Bulgaria News 

Three nominees in the running for Bulgaria’s next prosecutor-general

November 23, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

Three people have been put forth as Bulgaria’s next prosecutor-general before the deadline for nominations expired, amid lingering doubts about

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Europe News 

EU leaders make little progress in budget talks

November 23, 2012May 22, 2013 VOANews

European Union leaders made little progress Friday at a second day of talks on a new budget aimed at confronting

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria’s failed Constitutional Court judge handed ‘golden parachute’

November 23, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

Bulgaria’s Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) has accepted the resignation of Veneta Markovska, the Constitutional Court judge that never was, handing

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarians abroad to be allowed to vote in nuclear referendum

November 23, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgarians living outside the country will have the opportunity to cast ballots in the January 2013 referendum on the future

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Bulgaria News 

Parliament approves first step towards checking media bosses for ties to communist-era State Security

November 23, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Parliament has approved the first reading of amendments that will open the way for the Dossier Commission to check

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News World 

Gaza and Israel calm as cease-fire holds

November 23, 2012 VOANews

A cease-fire that halted eight days of deadly fighting between Israel and Hamas held firm on Thursday as thousands of

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Perspectives 

Journalists under attack – a call for action to improve journalists’ safety

November 23, 2012November 23, 2012 Michael Spindelegger and Alison Bethel McKenzie

A joint op-ed by Michael Spindelegger, Vice-Chancellor & Foreign Minister of the Republic of Austria, and Alison Bethel McKenzie, Executive Director, The

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Bulgaria News Perspectives 

Analysis: Bulgarian government blunders hand ammunition to opposition

November 23, 2012November 23, 2012 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

The unedifying spectacle that Bulgaria’s centre-right GERB government has produced in the saga of Veneta Markovska, the Constitutional Court judge

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Bulgaria News Perspectives 

Analysis: Petar Stoyanov and the political blues

November 23, 2012November 23, 2012 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

At what may be officially if ironically termed a courtesy call on then-president Petar Stoyanov when Ivan Kostov was leaving

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