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Day: February 26, 2013

Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian Orthodox Church Metropolitan Joseph, of the US, Canada and Australia, resigns

February 26, 2013May 27, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian Orthodox Church

The Bulgarian Orthodox Church Metropolitan of the United States, Canada and Australia, Joseph, has submitted his resignation to the Holy

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian Parliament to adopt special programme of urgent measures as country heads for early elections, President Plevneliev says

February 26, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

The way out of the current crisis is through ahead-of-term elections, Bulgaria’s Consultative Council on National Security, made up of

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Bulgaria News 

Plovdiv Metropolitan to sell Rolex to pay church electricity bill – report

February 26, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

The Metropolitan of Plovdiv, Nikolai, has donated his Rolex wristwatch to cover the high electricity bill incurred by the St

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Bulgaria News 

Another day of drama in Bulgaria’s political crisis – highlights

February 26, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

With perhaps just days to run in the lifespan of the current Bulgarian cabinet – currently in an acting capacity

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Bulgaria News 

Sofia city hall to appeal parking ruling in high court

February 26, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Sofia city hall will appeal the city court ruling that declared a number of city parking regulations void, the city’s

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria’s Borissov admitted to hospital with high blood pressure

February 26, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Boiko Borissov, who resigned along with his government last week, was admitted to the government hospital in the Sofia residential

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International community firmly determined to keep pressure on Assad regime, Bulgarian FM Mladenov says

February 26, 2013June 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Nikolai Mladenov, Syria

The international community has sent a strong political message of their firm determination to continue putting pressure on the Assad

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Bulgaria’s political crisis: A President in the middle

February 26, 2013May 27, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Rossen Plevneliev

He has been booed and jeered by protesters, called a marionette by a minority party leader and had his ability

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Bulgaria News 

Emergency declared in village near Bulgaria’s Kyustendil after river bursts banks

February 26, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

A state of emergency has been declared in the village of Dolno Selo after the Bistritsa River burst its banks

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