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Year: 2013

Europe News 

Hungary to EU: get your facts straight

April 14, 2013May 27, 2013 The Budapest Times

Public Administration and Justice Minister Tibor Navracsics has advised EU Justice and Fundamental Rights Commissioner Viviane Reding to get her

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Mexican criminal syndicates trying to develop their European drugs business, Europol says

April 14, 2013May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Powerful Mexican criminal groups groups are attempting to establish themselves as key players in the European drugs market, according to

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Bulgaria Business Europe 

Decision on CEZ licence in Bulgaria not expected before mid-June – regulator

April 12, 2013May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff energy

The head of Bulgaria’s State Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (SEWRC), Evgenia Haritonova, said on April 12 that a decision

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian caretaker PM addresses diplomats on domestic and foreign policy priorities

April 12, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Marin Raykov

The main task of the current government was the organisation of free, democratic, transparent and fair parliamentary elections, Bulgarian caretaker

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian President Plevneliev calls for ‘responsible and positive’ election campaign

April 12, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian election 2013, Rossen Plevneliev

In a special message to mark the start on April 12 of the official campaigning period ahead of Bulgaria’s ahead-of-term

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Europe News 

EU finance ministers meet in Dublin

April 12, 2013May 27, 2013 VOANews Cyprus

European Union finance ministers are meeting in Dublin Friday and Saturday to discuss aid for struggling members, with Cyprus high

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Bulgaria Business News 

Bulgarian annual inflation down to 2.7% in March

April 12, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s annual consumer price inflation fell to 2.7 per cent in March, declining for a second straight month, data from

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Bulgaria News 

The numbers game as parliamentary election campaigns start in Bulgaria

April 12, 2013May 27, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian election 2013

A total of 7200 Bulgarians are candidates in the May 12 national parliamentary elections, and just 240 will make it

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Bulgaria News Perspectives 

UK ambassador: Should I be an optimist or a pessimist about Bulgaria?

April 12, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

British ambassador in Sofia Jonathan Allen addressed the Atlantic Club on April 11 2013 on the topic of “should I

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