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Month: May 2013

Bulgaria News 

No indictments yet in Bulgarian ballot-printing row

May 15, 2013May 22, 2013 Alex Bivol Bulgarian election 2013

Bulgarian prosecutors are yet to file any indictments in the investigation into the alleged illegal printing of 350 000 ballot

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Bulgaria Europe News 

European integration of the region cannot conclude without Kosovo, Bulgaria’s PM says after meeting Thaçi

May 15, 2013May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Kosovo, Marin Raykov

The European integration of the region cannot be complete without Kosovo participating in this process, Bulgarian Prime Minister and Foreign

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria’s Dossier Commission announces another former State Security agent in the media

May 15, 2013May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Dossier Commission, Media

Bulgaria’s Dossier Commission, the body charged by statute with identifying people in certain categories of public life as having worked

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian President initiates political consultations, sees new Parliament sitting by end of May

May 15, 2013May 22, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev says that he is certain that the newly-elected Parliament will hold its first sitting by the

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Bulgaria Business Europe News 

Bulgaria records minimum growth in Q1, EU still in recession – flash estimates

May 15, 2013May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Eurostat

Bulgaria’s economy posted 0.1 per cent growth in the first quarter of the year, the National Statistical Institute (NSI) said

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Bulgaria News 

Movement for Rights and Freedoms won half of Bulgarian votes abroad

May 15, 2013May 22, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian election 2013

If it was up to Bulgarians who voted outside the country on May 12 2013, the Movement for Rights and

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Bulgaria News 

Deadline for removal of election posters

May 15, 2013May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian election 2013

May 15 is the deadline for parties to take down election posters and billboards, and parties that fail to do

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copper and silver coins in a pile
Business Europe News 

Safety nets shielded Europe’s poorest from crisis

May 15, 2013May 22, 2013 Lisa Bryant of VOANews

New figures from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development show that social welfare programs shielded some of the poorest

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Europe News 

Bosnia and Herzegovina lags in progress to regional integration, Security Council told

May 15, 2013May 15, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Political leaders in Bosnia and Herzegovina are still falling short of the expectations of their citizens and the international community,

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