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Day: May 17, 2013

Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian Parliament to hold first meeting on May 21

May 17, 2013May 17, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev said on May 17 that he would convoke the first sitting of the new 42nd National

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Bulgaria News 

Siderov: Borissov is a liar, terrified that he could find himself in jail

May 17, 2013May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Volen Siderov

Ataka leader Volen Siderov says that his party’s judgment on Plamen Oresharski, the socialist nominee to be prime minister in

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria least gay-friendly among EU states – study

May 17, 2013May 17, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Among European Union member states, Bulgaria scored the lowest in terms of human rights equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian socialist leader Stanishev proposes May 21 for first sitting of new Parliament

May 17, 2013May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Sergei Stanishev

Meeting President Rossen Plevneliev on May 17, Bulgarian Socialist Party leader Sergei Stanishev proposed May 21 as the date of

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Bulgaria News Perspectives 

The different roads of Borissov and Plevneliev

May 17, 2013May 17, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

As the story goes, it was some months before Bulgaria’s 2011 presidential elections that Boiko Borissov invited Rossen Plevneliev to

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Europe News 

Czech company CEZ seeks 190 million euro compensation from Albanian government

May 17, 2013May 22, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency energy

The power supply Czech company, CEZ has filed a lawsuit in the International Court of Arbitration against Albania, seeking compensation,

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