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Day: March 18, 2015

World 

Bulgarian appointed as new head of UN regional centre in Central Asia

March 18, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Petko Draganov of Bulgaria as his Special Representative and Head of the

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Europe 

Putin’s latest Crimea spin attempts new narrative

March 18, 2015 Mark Snowiss of VOANews Russia, Ukraine

As Russia marks the one-year anniversary of Crimea’s annexation from neighboring Ukraine, the Kremlin is putting forth a new narrative

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Bulgaria 

Pending cases in ECHR against Bulgaria decreasing, cabinet says

March 18, 2015March 18, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s cabinet has adopted and is to table in Parliament a summarised annual report on the implementation of rulings of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian MPs pass bank insolvency amendments

March 18, 2015March 20, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Bulgaria’s Parliament passed at second reading on March 18 the bill of amendments to the Bank Insolvency Act, which envision

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Bulgaria 

New head of State Agency for Bulgarians abroad appointed

March 18, 2015March 18, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

The cabinet has appointed Boris Vangelov, a legal adviser for the VMRO Foundation and formerly a parliamentary candidate for the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian cabinet proposes new head of State Agency for National Security

March 18, 2015March 20, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s cabinet nominated former deputy interior minister Dimitar Georgiev as the new head of the State Agency for National Security

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Europe 

Serbia arrests seven linked to Srebrenica massacre

March 18, 2015March 18, 2015 VOANews Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia

Serbian police have arrested seven people suspected of involvement in the July 1995 Srebrenica massacre in Bosnia, when 8000 Muslim

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Business 

Bulgaria can play key role in EU gas distribution – Foreign Minister

March 18, 2015March 20, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, South Stream

Bulgaria’s Foreign Minister has re-affirmed Sofia’s goal to play a bigger role in the European energy sector, despite the cancellation

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Sport 

Grigor Dimitrov makes another early exit at Indian Wells

March 18, 2015March 18, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Grigor Dimitrov

Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov exited the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells on March 18 after a three-set defeat by Spaniard

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