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Day: February 15, 2013

Bulgaria Business News 

Bulgaria in no hurry to join euro zone, Finance Minister Dyankov says

February 15, 2013June 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Simeon Dyankov

Bulgaria will wait “probably a number of additional years, until the dust settles” before seeking to join the euro, Finance

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Bulgaria News 

Holy Synod secret voting on candidates for Bulgarian Orthodox Church Patriarch goes to 15th round

February 15, 2013February 15, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Voting by the Holy Synod, the governing body of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, on which three of its number should

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Bulgaria Business Europe News 

Horsemeat scandal: EU committee agrees on immediate start to testing, EC to pay 75%

February 15, 2013May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Union’s Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health agreed at a February 15 2013 meeting, held

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Bulgaria Business News 

Bulgarian household income grows at rate slightly higher than spending, statistical institute says

February 15, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian household income per head was 16.1 per cent higher in the fourth quarter of 2012 than in Q4 2011,

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Europe News 

Frustrated at lack of progress in ending political stalemate, European Commissioner cancels Skopje visit

February 15, 2013May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

European Enlargement Commissioner Štefan Füle has cancelled a planned visit to Skopje, saying that he is frustrated at the lack

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Bulgaria News 

Hamas group expelled from Bulgaria: Update 3

February 15, 2013June 2, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

A group of three representatives of Hamas was escorted by police to Sofia Airport on February 15 2013 after being

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Europe News World 

Meteor causes hundreds of injuries, panic in Russia’s Urals region

February 15, 2013February 15, 2013 VOANews

Russian officials say a meteor streaked across the sky above Russia’s Ural Mountains Friday morning, causing explosions and shattering windows.

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian police arrest Bourgas prosecutor, allegedly for accepting bribe

February 15, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Police in Bulgaria’s Black Sea city of Bourgas arrested deputy district prosecutor Angel Georgiev, allegedly for accepting a bribe, Bulgarian

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Bulgaria News 

Sofia court jails ‘Brendo’, orders him to pay 21M leva in compensation, for laundering money from illegal drug deals

February 15, 2013February 15, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Sofia City Court, in a ruling on February 15 2013, sentenced Evelin “Brendo” Banev to seven and a half years

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