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Year: 2013

Bulgaria News 

VIPs visit as Bulgarian village heads for first anniversary of flood tragedy

February 4, 2013February 4, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov visited the southern Bulgarian village of Biser as it headed for the first anniversary on

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Bulgaria News 

Head of Bulgarian Parliament’s probe into high-level corruption alleges wrongdoing by former PM, energy minister

February 4, 2013February 4, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The head of the Bulgarian Parliament’s special committee investigating corruption in high places in recent years has alleged that declassified

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Bulgaria News 

‘Agent Buddha’, calls for yet more referendums, and ribbon-cuttings – just another weekend in Bulgarian politics

February 4, 2013February 4, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

If Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s recent statement about “liking” July 5 as the date for the 2013 national parliamentary elections

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Bulgarian transport minister Ivailo Moskovski inspects new BDZ sleeping cars
Bulgaria Leisure News 

Bulgarian state railways’ new sleeping cars to come into service in March 2013, Transport Minister says

February 4, 2013February 4, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian state railways BDZ’s 30 new sleeping cars, which Transport Minister Ivailo Moskovski took delivery of amid much fanfare in

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Bulgaria Europe News 

Bulgaria expresses condolences, condemns suicide bombing attack at US embassy in Ankara

February 1, 2013June 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Nikolai Mladenov, Turkey

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nikolai Mladenov sent letters of condolences to his counterparts in the United States and Turkey, John Kerry

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian government firm on smoking ban in face of new protest

February 1, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

A protest on February 1 2013 in front of Parliament against Bulgaria’s full ban on smoking in public places would,

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria honours memory of victims of communism

February 1, 2013February 1, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Vice President Margarita Popova was among those attending a ceremony on February 1 2013 in honour of the memory of

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Bulgaria Business Europe News 

EU ended 2012 with 10.7% unemployment – Eurostat

February 1, 2013May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The 27-member European Union ended 2012 with 10.7 per cent unemployment in December, seasonally adjusted, according to EU statistics office

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Bulgaria Europe News 

Bulgaria responds to ‘flood of migration to UK’ hysteria

February 1, 2013May 22, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Bulgarian leaders have responded to the hysteria being whipped up in some British publications and by the UKIP about a

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