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Year: 2013

Bulgaria Business Europe News 

EU claims that crisis is over are premature, analysts warn

February 12, 2013May 22, 2013 Henry Ridgwell of VOANews

European financial markets were mixed Monday after the budget deal struck by EU leaders Friday, which will see overall spending

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Bulgaria News 

Try, try again: Bulgaria’s ruling party names nominee for Constitutional Court

February 11, 2013May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

Bulgaria’s centre-right ruling party GERB nominated Grozdan Iliev, deputy president of the Supreme Cassation Court, to fill a vacancy on

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Bulgaria News World 

Bulgarian Foreign Ministry bestows honour on outgoing Iranian ambassador

February 11, 2013June 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Nikolai Mladenov

Bulgaria’s Foreign Minister Nikolai Mladenov has bestowed on the outgoing ambassador of Iran, Gholamreza Bagheri Moghaddam, the ministry’s Golden Laurel

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Bulgaria News World 

Bulgarian FM meets Syrian opposition leaders in Sofia

February 11, 2013June 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Nikolai Mladenov, Syria

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nikolai Mladenov held talks in Sofia with two members of the leadership of the National Coalition of

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Bulgaria 

Resignation of Pope Benedict precedent by being unexpected, Roman Catholic Church in Bulgaria says

February 11, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, announced on February 11 2013 and to take effect on February 28, is a

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian prosecutors charge mayor, chief architect over Nessebur sand dunes property deals

February 11, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The District Prosecution Office in the Bulgarian Black Sea city of Bourgas said on February 11 2013 that it is

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria’s committee against high-level corruption reports three prosecutors to Prosecutor-General

February 11, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The head of Bulgaria’s special committee investigating high-level corruption said on February 11 2013 that he had reported alleged corruption

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Business Europe News 

Number of counterfeit euro coins confiscated up by 17% in 2012, ECB report says

February 11, 2013May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The number of counterfeit euro coins removed from circulation increased by 17 per cent from 157 000 in 2011 to

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Bulgaria Business News 

Bulgarian exports to third countries up 12.8% year-on-year in 2012

February 11, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian exports to third countries, meaning non-EU states, in 2012 were 12.8 per cent higher than in 2011, the National

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