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Year: 2013

Bulgaria 

First anniversary of Bourgas terrorist attack: ‘clear traces’ in link to Hezbollah, Interior Minister says

July 18, 2013July 18, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Bourgas terrorist attack

Bulgarian Interior Minister Tsvetlin Yovchev, speaking on the July 18 2013 first anniversary of the terrorist attack at Bourgas Airport

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Europe 

Poland to join energy market coupling in CEE region

July 18, 2013 The Warsaw Voice energy, Poland

Poland will join the Central European energy market coupling mechanism according to the memorandum of understanding signed with the Czech

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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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