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Day: March 25, 2015

Europe 

Ukraine emergency service head arrested for corruption at cabinet meeting

March 25, 2015 The Kyiv Post Ukraine

Serhiy Bochkovsky, head of Ukraine’s State Service for Emergency Situations, was handcuffed and taken away by police officers on March

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Leisure 

Bulgaria’s Pamporovo extends ski season to April 19

March 25, 2015March 25, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

The 2015 ski season in Bulgaria’s mountain winter resort of Pamporovo has been extended until April 19, the Pamporovo company

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Plovdiv to require buskers to prove musical training

March 25, 2015March 25, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv will allow buskers on its main street only if they can show a diploma in music

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Business 

Sofia court appoints interim receivers at Corporate Commercial Bank

March 25, 2015March 31, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Sofia City Court appointed two interim bankruptcy receivers at the Corporate Commercial Bank (CCB) on March 25, only hours after

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM Borissov in calls to Netanyahu, Erdogan

March 25, 2015March 31, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Turkey

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has called his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu to congratulate him on his victory in Israel’s

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Business 

Bulgaria, UK to update double-taxation treaty

March 25, 2015March 31, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Cabinet approved on March 25 the draft of the updated treaty with United Kingdom on avoiding double taxation of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria amends Protection from Discrimination Act to cover sex changes

March 25, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Parliament has voted to approve amendments to the Protection from Discrimination Act to include protection against discrimination in the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian cabinet approves funds to mark 70th anniversary of end of World War 2

March 25, 2015March 25, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s cabinet voted on March 25 to approve additional transfers to the budgets of municipalities and ministries to mark the

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Bulgaria 

President Plevneliev: Investments and jobs in movie industry in Bulgaria can be tripled

March 25, 2015March 31, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

A tour of Nu Boyana film production studios in Sofia has left Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev enthusing about prospects for

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