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Day: September 17, 2013

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Prosecutor-General calls for change in approach in receiving refugees

September 17, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Syrian refugees

Against a background of a rising tide of refugees coming to Bulgaria, many fleeing conflict-torn Syria, Prosecutor-General Sotir Tsatsarov has

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Bulgaria 

UNHCR welcomes Bulgaria’s assurances of quick action to fix ailing asylum system

September 17, 2013September 17, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) said on September 17 2013 that it welcomes assurances from the Bulgarian

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Business 

Struma motorway stretch delayed by four months to July 2014

September 17, 2013September 17, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff motorways

The stretch of Struma motorway between Sandanski and Koulata in southwestern Bulgaria will be finished four months behind schedule, the

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Sport 

Bulgarian runner Naimova banned for life for doping

September 17, 2013September 17, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s athletics federation ruled on September 17 to ban sprinter Tezdjan Naimova, 26, for life after she tested positive for

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Business 

New car sales in Bulgaria slump 4.4% year-on-year

September 17, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Sales of new car sales in Bulgaria added up to 12 905 from January to August 2013, about 4.4 per cent

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Bulgaria 

Borissov’s GERB to table no-confidence motion over cabinet’s ‘overall policy’

September 17, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Tsvetan Tsvetanov

Boiko Borissov’s centre-right party GERB – the largest single party in Parliament but also the opposition – is to table

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Socialist Party government continues backtracking on election promises

September 17, 2013February 11, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency

A promise by the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) government to increase the minimum wage has been postponed to 2014 while

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian journalist’s car burnt out

September 17, 2013September 17, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Media

The private car of Bulgarian journalist Genka Shikerova, co-presenter of a morning talk show on local television station bTV, was

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Europe 

Romanian ruling coalition wrangles over presidential contender

September 17, 2013September 17, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Romania

The social-democrats and the liberals, the main parties of the three party ruling coalition in Bucharest (USL), started trading barbs

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