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Day: July 9, 2013

People 

Social: Sovereign Order of Malta, Belgium concert in Sofia

July 9, 2013July 10, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

The ambassador of the Sovereign Order of Malta in Sofia Camillo Zuccoli and Belgian ambassador to Bulgaria Anick Van Calster

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Orthodox Church Varna Metropolitan Kiril found dead – updated

July 9, 2013July 31, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

The Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s Metropolitan of Varna, Kiril, has been found dead on a Black Sea beach, the Holy Synod

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court rejects suit to overturn May elections

July 9, 2013July 31, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian election 2013

Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court said on July 9 that it ruled against the suit lodged by Boiko Borissov’s party GERB to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s ruling coalition shrugs off Franco-German criticism

July 9, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Peevski protests

The joint statement by the French and German ambassadors in Sofia was a criticism of the entire transition period rather

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Europe 

Latvia to adopt euro on January 1 2014

July 9, 2013July 9, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff euro zone

The economic and financial affairs council of the European Union (Ecofin) passed on July 9 a decision allowing Latvia to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian prosecutors deny Australian request to transfer Palfreeman

July 9, 2013July 9, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Prosecutor’s Office said on July 9 that it has denied a request to transfer Jock Palfreeman to Australia so

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President Plevneliev speaks on bid to impeach him

July 9, 2013July 9, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev, Volen Siderov

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev has commented on the attempted move by ultra-nationalist party Ataka and a group of pro-government protesters

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Europe 

Bulgarian money laundering convict handed 20-year sentence in Italy

July 9, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

An Italian court found Evelin “Brendo” Banev guilty on charges of drug trafficking, sentencing him to 20 years imprisonment, Bulgarian

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Bulgaria 

OSCE urges Bulgaria to prevent Ataka’s Siderov intimidating media

July 9, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Volen Siderov

The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, has expressed concern

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