Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez dies
Socialist Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has died at the age of 58 following a long battle with cancer. Chavez once
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Year: 2013
Bulgarian utilities regulator approves lower electricity prices
Bulgaria’s State Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (SEWRC) said on March 5 that it approved the proposed electricity price cuts
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Bulgarians slightly better than EU average in expectations for a healthy life
Bulgarians, especially women, match or better the European Union average expectation for a healthy life, according to EU statistics released
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Earliest date for caretaker government is March 13, Bulgarian President says
The earliest date on which a caretaker government may be formed, Parliament prorogued and the outgoing cabinet dismissed is March
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Moldovan cabinet falls as ruling coalition succumbs to infighting
The government of Moldovan prime minister Vlad Filat fell to a motion of no confidence in parliament on March 5,
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Bulgarian Cabinet declares March 6 day of national mourning over protester who died after self-immolation
Bulgaria’s outgoing cabinet declared that March 6 2013 would be a day of national mourning for Plamen Goranov, the protester
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Way open for caretaker administration after Bulgaria’s MRF declines mandate to form government
Bulgaria’s Movement for Rights and Freedoms, the third-largest party in the current Parliament, on March 5 2013 declined – as
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Bulgaria’s protesters in profile
The “informal leaders” of Bulgaria’s nationwide protests are a motley lot with diverse backgrounds, including Russophiles, self-proclaimed consumer rights activists,
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Bulgaria joins EU’s unified patent court agreement
Bulgaria will become the 25th European Union member state to join the block’s unified patent court agreement, the Council of
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