Bulgaria signs South Stream, gas delivery contracts with Gazprom
Bulgaria secured lower delivery prices for Russian gas and gave a final approval for the South Stream gas pipeline on
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Year: 2012
Bulgarian Parliament approves deposit interest, gambling taxes
Bulgaria’s Parliament approved at second reading on November 15 amendments to the country’s Value-Added Tax Act implementing a 10 per
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Euro zone is in recession, according to Eurostat figures
The 17-member euro zone has fallen back into recession for the first time since the global financial crisis bit hard
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Bulgarian Constitutional Court ceremony thrown into disarray as President leaves mid-way – updated
Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev handed legal experts a quandary on November 15, when he left the ceremony to swear in
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Bulgarian man has collection of 52 Trabants
Bulgarian Ivailo Antonov is able to boast that he owns 52 cars, meaning that he can drive a different one
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Newly identified gene is part of what makes us human
What makes us human? An international team of researchers has found a clue: A gene carried only by people –
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EU to donate Nobel Peace Prize money to benefit children in war zones
The European Union is to donate the eight million Swedish kronor (about 930 000 euro) award given to it for
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Bulgaria’s controversial Constitutional Court appointee quits current position
Veneta Markovska, appointed to Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court under a cloud of allegations of conflict of interest and corruption, resigned her
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Advent, and the time of casting of stones in Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s Holy Synod
The eve of the Advent Fast for Bulgaria’s Orthodox Church leaders found them in anything but the mood of quiet
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