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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian President vetoes Forestry Act amendments

June 16, 2012May 27, 2013 Hristina Dimitrova Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev vetoed on June 16 the controversial amendments to the Forestry Act adopted earlier in the week.

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Bulgaria News 

Third evening of protests blocks central Sofia

June 16, 2012May 27, 2013 Hristina Dimitrova Sofia

In spite of the attempts by Prime Minister Boiko Borissov to quell the protests against the amendments to the Forestry

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Sport 

Bulgaria’s volleyball quagmire deepens

June 15, 2012June 15, 2012 Hristina Dimitrova

The meeting of Bulgaria’s volleyball federation on June 14 in Pravets was expected to help solve the crisis surrounding the

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Bulgaria News 

12 arrested during a protest against the amendments to the Forestry Act

June 13, 2012June 14, 2012 Hristina Dimitrova

Twelve people were arrested this evening for disobeying police orders during a flash mob protest against the amendments to the

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Bulgaria Leisure 

You could be in the ‘Complaints Choir’

June 13, 2012June 13, 2012 Hristina Dimitrova

If you like singing and feel like complaining, you will get your chance to do both in September in Plovdiv.

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Bulgaria Leisure 

Bulgaria’s ‘vampire’ saga continues

June 11, 2012May 27, 2013 Hristina Dimitrova archaeology

After the finding in recent days of “vampire” burials in Sozopol, Bulgaria’s archaeological vampire saga took a new twist with

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Bulgaria Business 

Bulgarian Government mulls new rules on retail chains

June 5, 2012June 6, 2012 Hristina Dimitrova

Bulgaria’s Minister of Economy, Energy and Tourism, Delyan Dobrev, said on June 4 2012 that amendments to competition protection legislation

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian Health Minister proposes private health insurance add-on

June 5, 2012June 6, 2012 Hristina Dimitrova

Bulgaria’s Health Minister, Desislava Atanasova, has suggested the introduction of a second health insurance, in a private fund, to replace

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Perspectives 

Bulgaria’s smoking ban: Let’s not be hysterical

June 5, 2012May 27, 2013 Hristina Dimitrova 0 Comments smoking

“So what are we going to do the day after tomorrow?” asks an elderly woman in the queue in the

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