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Day: May 10, 2013

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Bulgaria’s 2013 elections: Parties close campaigns

May 10, 2013May 27, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian election 2013

A reflection of the uncertainty about the outcome of Bulgaria’s parliamentary election on May 12 was in Boiko Borissov’s breakfast

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Bulgaria News 

Alcohol sales banned in Bulgaria on Election Day

May 10, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian election 2013

Bulgaria’s election laws ban the sale of alcoholic beverages on election days, but since the details of the bans are

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Business 

Czech Energo-Pro fined 1.69M leva for abuse of dominant position in Bulgaria

May 10, 2013May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Czech firm Energo-Pro, which owns the electricity distribution companies servicing northern and northeastern Bulgaria, has been fined 1.69 million leva

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Further foreign energy companies pull out of Polish shale gas venture

May 10, 2013May 27, 2013 The Warsaw Voice energy, Poland

Talisman Energy Inc. of Canada and US energy company Marathon Oil said they were of pulling out of exploration for

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria’s 2013 elections: Promises and platforms

May 10, 2013May 27, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian election 2013

Let us not make this an exhaustive exploration of all the platforms and promises of all the parties in the

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria’s 2013 elections: Profiles of parties and players

May 10, 2013May 27, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian election 2013

Thirty-eight parties and seven coalitions are competing in Bulgaria’s national parliamentary elections on May 12 2013, but of this total

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria’s 2013 elections: The numbers

May 10, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian election 2013

These are some of the key numbers in Bulgaria’s May 12 2013 national parliamentary elections. The electorate: 6 868 455

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria’s 2013 elections: Poll to poll

May 10, 2013May 27, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian election 2013

Given the apparently significant numbers of undecided voters, wildly varying estimates of turnout and the possibility of an indecisive result,

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Sport 

Bulgaria’s Dimitrov collapses against Wawrinka in Madrid

May 10, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Grigor Dimitrov

Fresh off his win against world number one Novak Djokovic, Grigor Dimitrov came close to securing a second straight quarterfinal

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