Bulgarian President joins in criticism of IOC intention to drop wrestling from Olympics
Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev said on March 28 he was “concerned” with the International Olympic Committee’s intention to drop wrestling
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Month: March 2013
Bulgarian socialist leader to approach Prosecutor-General over alleged eavesdropping of politicians and business people
Bulgarian Socialist Party leader Sergei Stanishev said that he would approach the Prosecutor-General after receiving allegations that there had been
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Bulgaria to open honorary consulate in Stuttgart
Bulgaria’s caretaker cabinet on March 28 2013 approved a decision to open an honorary consulate headquartered in Stuttgart with a
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Bulgarian Cabinet allocates 41M leva to ‘social vulnerable groups’
Bulgaria’s caretaker Cabinet said on March 28 that it would spend about 41 million leva in state aid to “the
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Capital controls in Cyprus necessary now but should be lifted as soon as possible, EC says
The European Commission sees the capital controls imposed in Cyprus as necessary for now under the circumstances but says that
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Cyprus prepares to reopen banks in aftermath of bailout
Banks across Cyprus are expected to be filled with long lines of anxious customers when they reopen Thursday after a
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New shopping mall opens in Sofia on March 28
Paradise Center became the latest shopping mall to open in Bulgaria’s capital city, Sofia, on March 28 2013. The new
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Clocks change in Bulgaria to summer daylight saving time on March 31 2013
Summer daylight saving time starts in Bulgaria on March 31 2013 at 3am, when clocks must be adjusted forward an
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Bulgaria’s electronic media regulator urges restraint in coverage of self-immolations
Against a background of a series of people setting themselves on fire during the past weeks of nationwide protests, Bulgaria’s
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