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Day: February 21, 2013

Bulgaria News 

Unfinished business: Bulgarian MPs forge ahead with Constitutional Court, asset forfeiture commission appointments

February 21, 2013May 22, 2013 Alex Bivol judiciary

Bulgarian Parliament’s legal affairs committee held hearings on February 21 to examine the nominations for the country’s Constitutional Court and

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian President Plevneliev to start political consultations on new government on February 22

February 21, 2013February 21, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

A few hours after Bulgaria’s Parliament voted on February 21 2013 to accept the resignation of Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s

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Bulgaria News 

MRF protests at Borissov’s allegation that Dogan ordered his assassination

February 21, 2013February 21, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) leader Lyutvi Mestan has protested “categorically” at an allegation by Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria’s outgoing

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Bulgaria News 

Moments after resignation accepted, Borissov hits the campaign trail – symbolically

February 21, 2013February 21, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Boiko Borissov began his campaign to get his job as Prime Minister back just moments after his government’s resignation was

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Bulgaria finds horsemeat in lasagna Bolognese products

February 21, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Agency for Food Safety said February 21 that it found horsemeat traces in lasagna meals sold by the Carrefour

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Bulgaria News 

Breeders for Borissov: Cows and sheep brought to Parliament in support of outgoing PM

February 21, 2013February 21, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Cows and sheep were being brought to Parliament in Sofia as a gesture of support for Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria’s SJC sacks deputy prosecutor-general

February 21, 2013May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

Bulgaria’s Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) voted on February 21 to release Galina Toneva from her position as deputy prosecutor-general. She

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria’s Parliament votes to accept resignation of Boiko Borissov’s government

February 21, 2013February 21, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Bulgaria’s unicameral Parliament voted on February 21 2013 by 209 votes to five with one abstention to accept the resignation

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Curiosity collects gray innards of Red Planet’s rock

February 21, 2013February 21, 2013 Suzanne Presto of VOANews

The U.S. space agency confirmed Wednesday that the Mars rover Curiosity has collected the first sample from inside a rock

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