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Day: January 25, 2013

Bulgaria News 

Sofia prosecutors lay fraud charges against two MPs from Dogan’s party

January 25, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The Sofia City Prosecutor’s Office has lodged at Sofia City fraud charges against two MPs for the Movement for Rights

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Bulgaria Business News Perspectives 

Bulgaria’s Belene referendum campaign sends political rivals into meltdown

January 25, 2013June 2, 2013 Alex Bivol Belene, Boiko Borissov, energy, Sergei Stanishev

If there was any doubt that Bulgaria’s referendum on the future development of nuclear energy was a proxy war between

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Perspectives 

Editorial: Bulgaria’s image

January 25, 2013January 25, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Just a few days after Bulgaria unveiled its new logo and slogan intended to boost the numbers of foreign tourists

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Perspectives 

Letter to the Editor: Immigration

January 25, 2013January 25, 2013 David Clark

Dear Editor, I see that there is quite a furore about the rights of Bulgarian citizens to work in the

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Bulgaria Europe News 

EC refers Bulgaria to court for failing to transpose internal energy market rules

January 25, 2013May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Commission said on January 24 2013 that it was referring Bulgaria, Estonia and the United Kingdom to the

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Bulgaria Europe News 

European Commission takes Bulgaria to court over assignment of digital terrestrial broadcasting authorisations

January 25, 2013June 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission

The European Commission has decided to refer Bulgaria to the EU’s Court of Justice over the assignment of the digital

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Business Europe News World 

Ukraine signs $10 billion shale gas deal with Shell

January 25, 2013May 22, 2013 VOANews energy

Ukraine has signed a $10 billion shale gas exploration deal with Royal Dutch Shell — a major step in weaning

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International Holocaust Remembrance Day and Eastern Europe: Memory recent and distant

January 25, 2013May 22, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

International Holocaust Remembrance Day, on January 27 2013, will find recently-opened Holocaust museums in Central and Eastern Europe, with another

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Bulgaria News Perspectives 

Ahmed Dogan and Bulgaria’s theatre of the absurd

January 25, 2013January 24, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Close to a week since the incident at the party congress in which Ahmed Dogan was seen to be attacked

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