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Day: February 22, 2013

Bulgaria News 

Parliamentary elections possible between mid-April and mid-May, Bulgarian President Plevneliev says

February 22, 2013February 22, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev, speaking after collective consultations with leaders of most of the parties in Parliament, said that it

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria steps closer to caretaker government, protests continue

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

All political parties of any significance in Bulgaria’s Parliament have now said that they want the formation of a caretaker

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Bulgaria Europe News 

EU reports progress against second-hand smoke, says more to be done

February 22, 2013June 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission, smoking

Protection from second hand smoke has improved considerably in the European Union, according to a European Commission (EC) report on

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Bulgaria News Perspectives 

Unfinished business 2: The Bulgarian government’s to-do list

February 22, 2013February 22, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer and Alex Bivol

The abrupt resignation of Boiko Borissov’s government ahead of the end of its term leaves a list of unfinished business

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Bulgaria Business Europe News 

Czech media: government urged to help CEZ in Bulgaria

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

Czech Republic’s president-elect Miloš Zeman has criticised the country’s cabinet for not doing enough to defend the interests of state-owned

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Bulgaria News Sport 

Bulgaria expects to miss Euro 2020 nomination deadlines

February 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s odds of hosting football matches as part of the Euro 2020 football championship have become a bystander victim of

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian Parliament makes appointments to Constitutional Court, asset forfeiture commission

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

Bulgaria’s Parliament voted on February 22 to appoint Grozdan Iliev to the Constitutional Court, as well as fill the three

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian President Plevneliev to meet leaders of parliamentary groups for talks on future government, elections

February 22, 2013February 22, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev was scheduled to hold a meeting with leaders of all parliamentary groups at 2pm on February

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian Orthodox Church heads for high noon in election of new Patriarch

February 22, 2013February 22, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

If all goes according to plan, at 11.45am on February 24, the bells of Sofia’s landmark Alexander Nevsky cathedral will

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