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Day: September 24, 2014

Perspectives 

Bulgaria’s CCB saga and the central bank’s crisis of legitimacy

September 24, 2014May 10, 2024 Alex Bivol CCB affair

Amid the continued uncertainty surrounding the fate of Corporate Commercial Bank (CCB), Bulgaria’s fourth-largest lender before it was put under

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Bulgaria 

Ultra-nationalist party ‘occupies’ Central Election Commission over campaign ad ban

September 24, 2014September 24, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian election 2014

Candidate MPs from the far-right ultra-nationalist Bulgarian National Union-New Democracy party “occupied” the Sofia headquarters of the Central Election Commission

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Bulgaria 

Xenophobia and anti-Semitism in Europe cannot be tolerated, Plevneliev says

September 24, 2014March 10, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas terrorist attack, Bulgarian Jews, Rossen Plevneliev

Expressions of xenophobia and anti-Semitism in Europe cannot be tolerated and it is unacceptable for political parties in European Union

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Europe 

More than 1000 arrested in biggest-ever operation in EU against organised crime

September 24, 2014September 28, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

A total of 1027 people have been arrested in the largest-ever co-ordinated operation against organised crime in the European Union,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s election day will decrease police at Turkish border – report

September 24, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian election 2014, Syrian refugees

The number of Bulgarian police on duty at the border with Turkey to deal with the influx of refugees will

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian elections 2014: Only 16 candidate MPs take up Mensa offer of IQ test

September 24, 2014September 26, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian election 2014

A total of 5232 people are standing as candidates in Bulgaria’s October 5 2014 early parliamentary elections – but only

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria sees new protests against shale gas

September 24, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency

Enviromental conservation organisations in Bulgaria planned protests on September 24 2014 in the country’s three largest cities – Sofia, Plovdiv

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President: Climate change not an illusion, requires global response

September 24, 2014September 25, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff energy, Rossen Plevneliev

Climate change is not an illusion, Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev told the UN Climate Summit 2014, citing the series of

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