Bulgaria’s Parliament appoints new health insurance fund chief
Bulgaria’s Parliament appointed Rumyana Todorova as the new head of the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) on July 10. Her
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Month: July 2013
Fitch: Bulgaria facing possible gas supply interruption this winter
Gazprom’s decision to halt prepayment of natural gas transit fees to Ukrainian gas company Naftogaz until at least 2015 creates
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Bulgarian trade union CITUB joins calls for snap elections
The Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CITUB) said on July 10 that early parliamentary elections were the only
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Death of Metropolitan Kiril of Varna caused by hypothermia – bishop
Bulgarian Orthodox Church Metropolitan of Varna Kiril, found dead on a beach near Varna on July 9, appears to have
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EU challenges Russia’s ‘recycling fee’ in WTO
The European Commission has said that it will challenge Russia’s “recycling fee”, a major point of contention in trade relations
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UN chief honours memory of former General Assembly President Stoyan Ganev
United Nations Ban Ki-moon honoured on July 9 2013 the late Stoyan Ganev of Bulgaria, a former President of the
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EU a danger to Europe: Hungarian PM
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán put in a defiant appearance in the European Parliament on Tuesday, the day before EU lawmakers
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IMF lowers its global economic prospects
The International Monetary Fund says the global economy is expanding slower than it expected and has trimmed its projections for
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Bulgaria’s days of protest on a crusade for genuine change
“Failed you have”. The protest poster depicting Yoda of Star Wars is ironic but these short words represent the reverse
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