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Month: April 2013

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Bulgaria approves opening of new border checkpoint on Danube Bridge 2

April 24, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s caretaker Cabinet approved on April 24 the draft intergovernmental agreement on opening a new checkpoint on the border with

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Bulgaria Leisure News 

1500 Austrian pensioners first tourist group at Sunny Beach for 2013

April 24, 2013June 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

A group of 1500 Austrian pensioners were scheduled to arrive at Sunny Beach on April 24, becoming the first tour

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Business Europe News World 

Romania, Bulgaria among most frequent sources of cyber-attacks – report

April 24, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Eastern European countries, most notably Romania but also Bulgaria and Russia, were among the most frequent countries of origin for

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria’s May 2013 elections: New poll shows GERB leading with 24.1%

April 24, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian election 2013

A new public opinion poll ahead of Bulgaria’s May 12 2013 national parliamentary elections has become the fourth in a

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Bulgaria Business Europe News 

European Commission wants to stamp out rubber-stamping to authenticate documents

April 24, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission

That sound so familiar to the expatriate, the ker-chunk of a rubber stamp, will cease to be ubiquitous if the

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian socialist leader Stanishev testifies on wiretapping allegations

April 24, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Sergei Stanishev

Bulgarian Socialist Party leader Sergei Stanishev was to be questioned by prosecutors on April 24 about allegations he submitted of

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Bulgaria Business News 

Raykov’s reassurances for Bulgaria’s retail chains

April 24, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Marin Raykov

Against a background of alleged cartel agreements, Competition Protection Commission queries on whether retail chains have resolved their issues with

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Europe News 

MEPs hand Ashton’s European External Action Service a ‘must do better’ report card

April 23, 2013June 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff European Parliament

The European External Action Service (EEAS) – designed as the foreign policy arm of the EU, with Catherine Ashton as

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian prosecutors indict four in eavesdropping investigation

April 23, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Four current and former employees of the operative and technical information specialised directorate of the Interior Ministry have been formally

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