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Month: February 2015

Bulgaria 

Commission on Bansko ski zone delays findings by 10 days

February 18, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

The interdepartmental commission investigating the ski zone in Bansko, where there is continuing controversy about plans for expanded ski facilities

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to change law to make indoor smoking ban more effective – Health Minister

February 18, 2015February 21, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff smoking

Bulgaria’s Health Ministry has no intention of easing the ban on smoking indoors in public places, nor of widening anti-smoking

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Europe 

Prokopis Pavlopoulos nominated as president of Greece

February 17, 2015February 17, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras nominated conservative lawmaker and former interior minister Prokopis Pavlopoulos on February 17 2015 to be the

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Bulgaria Leisure 

What’s On: Bulgarian Archaeology 2014 exhibition in Sofia until March 29 2015

February 17, 2015February 17, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Sofia

The eighth national exhibition in the annual series displaying new finds, Bulgarian Archaeology 2014, is on at the National Institute

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Bulgaria Leisure 

Apocalyptica to open Sounds of the Ages festival in Plovdiv in September 2015

February 17, 2015February 17, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Finnish metal band Apocalyptica will be at Plovdiv’s Ancient Theatre on September 18 2015 to open the fifth Sounds of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Foreign Minister speaks on relations with Skopje, interconnectors with Romania and Greece

February 17, 2015February 17, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Greece, Macedonia, Romania

Bulgaria is concerned about the lack of dialogue between the government and opposition in Macedonia and will find a way

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Europe 

Ukraine, rebels continue fight for Debaltseve

February 17, 2015February 17, 2015 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Pro-Russian rebels and Ukraine’s military are both refusing to pull back their weapons from a strategic eastern Ukrainian town, where

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Bulgaria 

Seven EU ambassadors in call to Bulgaria to speed implementation of judicial reforms

February 17, 2015February 20, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

The ambassadors of France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, Denmark, Finland and the UK have issued a joint appeal to the

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Business 

Bulgarian economy minister in sales pitch to German and French business chambers

February 17, 2015February 20, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Economy Minister Bozhidar Lukarski has told representatives of German and French business in the country that Bulgaria is pursuing

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