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Day: February 12, 2014

Perspectives 

Potemkin Olympics or Palm Tree Olympics?

February 12, 2014February 13, 2014 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief editors pick, Sochi Olympics

In Sochi today, the most carefully watched page is not the Olympic medals count. It is the weather forecast. Down

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President Plevneliev slams ‘secret plans’ in election bill

February 12, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev has issued a strongly-worded statement hitting out at “underhand scenarios” regarding the draft election law. Plevneliev’s

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Perspectives 

Could Oresharski replace Dennis Rodman as Kim Jong Un’s new BFF?

February 12, 2014February 12, 2014 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Having survived a third vote of no confidence on the morning of February 12, Bulgaria’s cabinet apparently decided to shoot

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Socialist Party to propose new restrictions on foreigners owning farmland

February 12, 2014February 17, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

In spite of the Constitutional Court having thrown out a parliamentary resolution seeking an extension on the moratorium on the

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Business 

Bulgarian Cabinet approves latest batch of red-tape cutting measures

February 12, 2014February 12, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Cabinet approved on February 12 the third package of measures meant to “reduce the regulatory burden” on the local

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Bulgaria 

Botox or full surgery? Bulgaria’s Parliament debates election laws

February 12, 2014February 13, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Lengthy hours were consumed in debate on the second reading in Parliament of the Bulgarian Socialist Party-driven draft new elections

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Bulgaria 

Queue of lorries at Bulgarian-Turkish border reaches 15km

February 12, 2014February 12, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Turkey

The queue of lorries at the Bulgarian-Turkish border resulting from the dispute between the two countries over truck transit permits

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Bulgaria 

Vote of no confidence in Bulgarian cabinet defeated

February 12, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

The votes of Bulgarian Socialist Party and Movement for Rights and Freedoms MPs, the parties in the ruling axis, defeated

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Bulgaria World 

Bulgaria ranks worst among EU countries in 2014 World Press Freedom index

February 12, 2014February 13, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Media

Bulgaria has been ranked the worst among European Union countries in Reporters Without Borders’ 2014 World Press Freedom index, coming

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