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Lukov March 2017 goes ahead in spite of mayoral ban over foreign neo-Nazi involvement

February 18, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

The torchlight Lukov March proceeded through the streets of Bulgaria’s capital Sofia on the evening of February 18 in spite

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Bulgaria 

Probe by Bulgaria’s caretaker government finds irregularities in public procurements

February 17, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

A two-week investigation ordered by Bulgaria’s caretaker Prime Minister Ognyan Gerdzhikov has found irregularities in a number of public procurements

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Bulgaria 

Lukov March 2017: US embassy says Lukov was known for his pro-Nazi views

February 17, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

The United States embassy in Sofia has become the latest to condemn the annual Lukov March, planned this year for

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Bulgaria 

Nomination of Bulgarian Orthodox Church for Nobel Prize focus of talks between Patriarch and Jewish leaders

February 16, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews, Bulgarian Orthodox Church

The nomination of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church for the Nobel Peace Prize for its role in preventing the deportation of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 2017 elections: No firm has bid yet to supply voting machines

February 16, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2017

No company has yet filed documents to apply for the contract to rent voting machines to the Central Election Commission

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Bulgaria 

Borissov predicts difficulty in forming government after Bulgaria’s March 2017 elections

February 16, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017

GERB leader and former prime minister Boiko Borissov predicted on February 16 that it would be difficult to form a

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Stanishev fluffs vote in European Parliament on EU-Canada CETA deal

February 15, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff European Parliament, Sergei Stanishev

Bulgarian MEP and Party of European Socialists leader Sergei Stanishev voted against the party line by casting his ballot in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s supreme court rejects applications against ‘Yes Bulgaria’ participation in March 2017 elections

February 15, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2017

Bulgaria’s Supreme Administrative Court has dismissed applications by four complainants against the registration of former justice minister Hristo Ivanov’s “Yes

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria annual CPI records 1.4% inflation in January

February 15, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s annual consumer price index (CPI) recorded 1.4 per cent inflation in January, compared to 0.1 per cent a month

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