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Year: 2013

Bulgaria 

Ankova re-appointed as head of Bulgarian National Television

July 26, 2013July 26, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Media

Incumbent director-general of public broadcaster Bulgarian National Television, Vyara Ankova, has been appointed to a second three-year term, the Council

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Perspectives 

Why doesn’t the Bulgarian government resign? 10 reasons…

July 26, 2013May 10, 2024 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Peevski protests

For distant observers, noting the spectacle of well more than a month of turnouts of many thousands of Bulgarians to

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Leisure 

Film review: The Conjuring

July 25, 2013July 25, 2013 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

The horror genre changed irrevocably the day Stanley Kubrick picked up Stephen King’s The Shining. Although not known for being

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Leisure 

Film review: Violet & Daisy

July 25, 2013July 25, 2013 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

Violet & Daisy is a story about two young girls who spend their days donning costumes resembling pajamas, each tagged

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Bulgaria 

EU decision listing Hezbollah military wing as terrorist organisation to be gazetted on July 26

July 25, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas terrorist attack

The legal acts of the EU’s decision to add the military wing of Hezbollah to the EU “list of entities,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament passes Budget revision at first reading

July 25, 2013July 31, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

With opposition party GERB back on Parliament’s benches, Bulgaria’s lawmakers passed the proposed Budget revision on July 25 after a

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria releases photos of suspected accomplices in Bourgas terrorist bomb attack on Israeli tourists

July 25, 2013July 31, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas terrorist attack

Bulgaria has asked the public for assistance regarding two people allegedly linked to the terrorist attack at Sarafovo airport in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President vetoes amendments to eavesdropping law

July 25, 2013July 25, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

Bulgaria’s President Rossen Plevneliev said on July 25 that he has vetoed the amendments to the Special Surveillance Means Act,

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Bulgaria 

Human Rights Watch joins calls for official investigation into police action at anti-government protest

July 25, 2013July 25, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Peevski protests

The Bulgarian government should open an investigation into police action during the violent clashes on the evening of July 23

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