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Day: January 16, 2013

Bulgaria News Perspectives 

Wake me when it’s over: Bulgaria holds second ‘live’ debate in nuclear referendum

January 16, 2013January 17, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

The foremost problem in Bulgaria’s national debate ahead of the country’s January 27 2013 national referendum on the future of

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Bulgaria News 

Brit handed four-year sentence for paedophilia in Bulgaria

January 16, 2013January 17, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

A 63-year-old British citizen has been sentenced to four years in jail by the Veliko Turnovo District Court on charges

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Bulgaria News 

Dossier Commission identifies former State Security agents working in Bulgaria’s prisons

January 16, 2013January 17, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

An investigation by the Dossier Commission, the body empowered by law to scrutinise official records and identify agents and collaborators

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Bulgaria Business News 

Eight companies get gongs at Bulgarian Investor of the Year awards

January 16, 2013January 17, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Eight companies received awards from Invest Bulgaria investment promotion agency on January 15 at the agency’s seventh annual awards gala.

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Bulgaria News 

Ataka’s Siderov assaulted me, Bulgarian reporter alleges

January 16, 2013January 16, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

A Bulgarian journalist has laid a complaint with police alleging that Volen Siderov, leader of the ultra-nationalist Ataka party, assaulted

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Bulgaria News 

Children of Dune 2: Parliament’s committee probing high-level corruption to hear ex-PM Stanishev and former cabinet ministers on land swaps

January 16, 2013January 16, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The Bulgarian Parliament’s special committee investigating high-level corruption in recent years intends questioning former prime minister and opposition socialist leader

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Bulgaria Business Europe News 

New car sales in Bulgaria slightly up in 2012 year-on-year – unlike EU trend

January 16, 2013May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

New car sales in Bulgaria in 2012 were 1.6 per cent higher than in 2011, while overall the downtrend trend

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News Perspectives World 

Russia Watch: The march of Moscow’s silent majority?

January 16, 2013January 16, 2013 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief

During my two-week vacation in the United States, American friends again and again looked at me intently, and then asked:

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian Cabinet approves change to role in ISAF mission in Afghanistan

January 16, 2013June 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Nato

The Cabinet approved on January 16 2013 a proposal by Defence Minister Anyu Angelov on the transformation of Bulgaria’s role

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