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Day: February 18, 2013

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nickolay Mladenov
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Bulgarian Foreign Minister briefs EU counterparts on Bourgas Airport investigation

February 18, 2013June 2, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bourgas terrorist attack, Nikolai Mladenov

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nikolai Mladenov briefed his European Union counterparts on February 18 2013 on Bulgaria’s investigation that found a

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian President Plevneliev speaks out on recent wave of mass protests

February 18, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev said on February 18 2013 that he was “not indifferent” to the nationwide mass civil protests

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Bulgaria Business News 

Electricity protests: EVN car torched in Plovdiv, Revenue Agency starts checks into energy distribution companies

February 18, 2013May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Arson is suspected after a car owned by energy distribution company EVN was burnt out on February 18 2013 in

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Europe News 

European Union launches initiative to fight organised crime and human trafficking at EU borders

February 18, 2013May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

A new 1.5 million euro project that will boost the fight against organised crime and human trafficking in Azerbaijan, Bosnia-Herzegovina,

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian Finance Minister Simeon Dyankov sacked

February 18, 2013June 2, 2013 Alex Bivol Simeon Dyankov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov will ask Parliament to release Finance Minister Simeon Dyankov from his duties and confirm EU

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria’s electricity protests continue in major cities

February 18, 2013February 18, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The series of protests against electricity companies and high bills that brought a reported 100 000 people on to the

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Business Europe News 

LOT Polish airlines will be sold this year – CEO

February 18, 2013February 18, 2013 The Warsaw Voice

The troubled Polish flag carrier PLL LOT will be sold still this year, after a restructuring involving mass layoffs, newly

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Bulgaria Europe News 

Horsemeat scandal spreads across Europe

February 18, 2013May 22, 2013 Michael Scaturro of VOANews

A horse meat scandal that started in Britain and Ireland is now unnerving consumers around Europe. DNA tests have revealed

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Bulgaria 

South Africa hands credentials to honorary consul in Varna

February 18, 2013February 18, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

South African ambassador to Bulgaria Sheila Camerer handed credentials to the country’s new honorary consul in the Black Sea city

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