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Day: July 17, 2013

Bulgaria 

From Sarafovo to Hezbollah: The legacy of the Bourgas Airport terrorist attack, one year on

July 17, 2013May 10, 2024 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bourgas terrorist attack

July 18 2013, a year to the day from the terrorist attack at Bulgaria’s Sarafovo Airport at Bourgas that left

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Perspectives 

Mandela Day, July 18 2013: Celebrating the legacy that binds humanity beyond borders

July 17, 2013July 17, 2013 Boiki Motloung

Being a South African diplomat in Bulgaria presents one with an ample opportunity to reflect and engage with the resonance

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s conflict of interest commission chief faces abuse of power charges

July 17, 2013July 31, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian prosecutors were officially investigating Filip Zlatanov, the chairperson of the commission tasked with preventing conflict of interest, on allegations

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian traffic police start annual anti-drink-driving summer campaign

July 17, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The Bulgarian traffic police’s annual campaign against drink-driving started on July 17 2013, the Interior Ministry said. Until the end

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Bulgaria 

Four of Bulgarian poet’s children join him in anti-government hunger strike

July 17, 2013July 31, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Peevski protests

Four of the six children of Bulgarian poet and political activist Edvin Sugarev have joined him in a hunger strike

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian anti-government protests: Tear down this wall!

July 17, 2013July 17, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Peevski protests

Bulgaria’s anti-government protest rallies continued for a 33rd straight day on July 16, with protesters finding new ways of phrasing

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Bulgaria 

Search continues for missing miners in Oranovo

July 17, 2013July 31, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The search was continuing on July 17 for two missing miners after the fatal rockburst at Bulgaria’s Oranovo coalmine that

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Business 

FDI in Bulgaria in January-May was 505.4 million euro

July 17, 2013July 31, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first five months of the year stood at 505.4 million euro, the equivalent

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Europe 

Romania seeks another two year long stand-by agreement with IMF

July 17, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Romania

Romania has successfully concluded its international loan agreements and seeks another two year long preventive arrangement, the Romanian President Traian

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