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Day: October 3, 2013

Bulgaria 

Red Cross and Red Crescent grant funds to help Bulgaria cope with refugee situation

October 3, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Syrian refugees

Bulgaria is to get 173 000 Swiss francs (about 141 040 euro) from the International Federation of the Red Cross

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Business 

Retail trade in Bulgaria rose 4.9% year-on-year in August 2013 – Eurostat

October 3, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Eurostat, macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria was among European Union states to see the highest increases in retail trade year-on-year in August 2013, at 4.9

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Socialist Party reviving moves to reverse full ban on smoking in restaurants and bars – reports

October 3, 2013February 11, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency smoking

The Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) has revived discussions on reversing the law banning smoking in enclosed public spaces such as

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry announces e-mail address for reporting abuses by traffic police

October 3, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

The e-mail address to which motorists can send complaints about alleged abuses by traffic police was announced by Bulgaria’s Interior

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Business 

Bulgaria to issue 360M euro debt in Germany

October 3, 2013October 3, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry will borrow 360 million euro from German investors before the end of the year, with the Cabinet

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s governing axis seeks backtrack on disclosure of former communist-era secret service agents in intelligence services

October 3, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Dossier Commission

The Bulgarian Socialist Party, Movement for Rights and Freedoms and Volen Siderov’s ultra-nationalists Ataka are jointly pushing a backtrack on

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Europe 

Moody’s: Cypriot banking system will require an additional 1.5 billion euro

October 3, 2013October 3, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Cyprus

Moody’s Investor Service said on October 3 2013 that it will maintain its negative outlook concerning the Cypriot banking system,

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Bulgaria 

Syrian refugees lodge complaint against Bulgarian ultra-nationalist Ataka mouthpiece

October 3, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Syrian refugees, Tsvetlin Yovchev

A group of Syrian refugees has lodged a complaint with the Commission for Protection against Discrimination against Alfa TV and

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to expand tax incentives for young families to include EU citizens

October 3, 2013October 3, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Government has approved a bill of amendments to the country’s tax laws, which will make nationals from other EU

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