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Author: Clive Leviev-Sawyer

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Bulgarian opposition MPs lodge Constitutional Court challenge to Parliament’s special committee probing high-level corruption

October 4, 2012October 4, 2012 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

A Constitutional Court challenge to a special parliamentary committee to investigate high-level corruption in Bulgaria, voted into existence on September

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US presidential debate blog 2012: No game-changing moment, but a recovery for Romney?

October 4, 2012October 4, 2012 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

The first live televised 2012 presidential election debate between the Democrats’ US president Barack Obama and Republican Party candidate Mitt

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Bulgaria among ‘Friends of Cohesion Policy’ to hold Bratislava meeting on EU budget

October 3, 2012May 22, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Bulgaria will be among 15 European Union countries – counting 2013 entrant Croatia – at an October 5 2012 meeting

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Sofia raises ‘Capital of Culture’ stakes by promising four new museums by end of 2013

September 28, 2012September 28, 2012 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

The contest among several Bulgarian cities to be named one of Europe’s capitals of culture in 2019 is a strange

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Schengen: Of political games and playing patience

September 21, 2012June 2, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Nikolai Mladenov, Romania, Schengen

Bulgaria’s national parliamentary election in 2013 will be fought on issues of considerably greater moment than whether by then the

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Bulgaria’s Parliament sets up ad-hoc committee to investigate high-level corruption

September 20, 2012September 20, 2012 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

In what socialist opposition MPs decried as a stunt ahead of Bulgaria’s 2013 national parliamentary elections, the National Assembly voted

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Jump in prices of basic foodstuffs aggravates cost of living in Bulgaria

September 20, 2012 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Bulgarian consumers have been hit by sharp increases in the prices of some basic foodstuffs in the past few months,

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Bulgaria Business News 

Bulgaria awaits clarity on promised pension increases

September 19, 2012September 19, 2012 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Pensions in Bulgaria will go up on April 1 2013, the head of Parliament’s committee on the Budget said, the

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Bulgaria’s smoking schizophrenia

September 18, 2012 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Bulgaria, which a few months ago enacted tough new laws against smoking in public places, has vowed to defend its

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