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Month: February 2017

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Six Bulgarian wines win top awards at Vinaria 2017 in Plovdiv

February 23, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Six Bulgarian wines won the prestigious Golden Rhython award at the 2017 Vinaria exhibition in Plovdiv, the National Vine and

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian caretaker FM: Who, not when, matters in nominating European Commissioner

February 23, 2017March 9, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency European Commission

Bulgarian caretaker Foreign Minister Radi Naidenov said on February 23 that it does not matter when the country nominates a

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria 2017 elections: Borissov’s GERB accuses caretaker cabinet of taking sides

February 23, 2017March 9, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017

The firing of Interior Ministry chief secretary Georgi Kostov is the latest episode to have irked GERB leader Boiko Borissov’s

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Bulgaria 

Voting machines: Bulgaria’s caretaker PM admits elections could face Constitutional Court challenge

February 23, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2017

By the time of the February 22 deadline for applications, there had been only one bid to rent voting machines

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s axed Interior Ministry chief secretary lodged complaint to Prosecutor-General about pressure to quit

February 23, 2017March 9, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Bulgaria elections 2017

Georgi Kostov, dismissed as Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry chief secretary on February 22, said that he had approached the Prosecutor-General about

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World 

Astronomers discover new Earths in our celestial neighbourhood

February 22, 2017March 9, 2017 VOANews final frontier

An international team of astronomers, using an array of ground and space telescopes, has discovered an astonishing seven Earth-sized planets

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria targets early-2018 to begin construction on Greece gas inter-connector

February 22, 2017March 9, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Greece

Bulgaria’s Energy Ministry was drafting the necessary tender documentation to pick a contractor that would build the gas inter-connector pipeline

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 2017 parliamentary elections: Battles for the cities shape up

February 22, 2017March 9, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bourgas, Bulgaria elections 2017, Lyutvi Mestan, Plovdiv, Sofia, Varna, Veliko Turnovo, Volen Siderov

With the deadline for political parties and coalitions competing in Bulgaria’s March 26 2017 early parliamentary elections having passed, the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian prosecutors indict 18 in Corporate Commercial Bank investigation

February 22, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Bulgaria’s prosecutor’s office said on February 22 that it has finished its investigation into the events that led to the

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