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Month: January 2017

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Three Bulgarian customs officers convicted of accepting bribes

January 11, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Three Bulgarian customs officers from the Gyueshevo office have been convicted of accepting bribes, the prosecuting magistracy said on January

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament postpones decision on November 2016 referendum outcome

January 11, 2017March 9, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgaria’s National Assembly rejected on January 11 a proposal by Boiko Borissov’s GERB party to debate the outcome of the

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Bulgaria 

Heavy snowfalls cause new round of road closures, power cuts in Bulgaria

January 11, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Heavy snowfalls and strong winds brought a new round of road closures and cuts to power and water supplies in

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Bulgaria 

American College of Sofia celebrates 25 years since rebirth

January 10, 2017December 1, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s American College of Sofia celebrates in 2017 a quarter-century since its rebirth at the dawn of a new era

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian president-elect rejects calls to prolong the life of the current Parliament

January 10, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Roumen Radev

Bulgarian president-elect Roumen Radev has rejected calls to prolong the life of the current Parliament, made by Boiko Borissov’s GERB

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian prosecutors indict mayor of Plovdiv over zoo project

January 10, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Bulgaria’s prosecutor’s office said on January 10 that it has charged Ivan Totev, mayor of Bulgaria’s second largest city of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s winter weather crisis: Danube closed to shipping because of ice floes

January 10, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria closed its section of the Danube River to shipping on January 10 after ice floes covered more than 80

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian MPs in drama over last-minute bid for majoritarian election system

January 10, 2017March 9, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency

The sands of time are running out for Bulgaria’s current Parliament, but MPs from Boiko Borissov’s GERB party are mounting

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Bulgaria 

Exacta Poll: Borissov’s GERB has narrow lead over Bulgarian Socialist Party

January 10, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB party has 26.1 per cent support and the Bulgarian Socialist Party 24.9 per cent support, according

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