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Russian Orthodox Church pulls out of Pan-Orthodox Council

June 13, 2016June 15, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Russia, Serbia

In what was hardly a surprise move, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church called on June 13 for

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria completes gas compressor upgrade at Greek border

June 13, 2016June 15, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Greece

Bulgaria has completed the upgrade of a gas compressor station at Petrich, near the border with Greece, which completes the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President joins condemnation of Orlando mass shooting

June 13, 2016June 15, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

In a condolences cable to US President Barack Obama, Bulgarian head of state Rossen Plevneliev has condemned the terrorist attack

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria annual CPI records 2% deflation in May

June 13, 2016July 12, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s consumer price index (CPI) shrank by two per cent year-on-year in May, while the monthly data showed a flat

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Bulgaria 

Austria: Bulgaria a reliable partner in solving refugee crisis

June 12, 2016June 14, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Europe migrant crisis

Bulgaria has long been a reliable partner in solving the refugee crisis, Austria’s foreign minister Sebastian Kurz told his visiting

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria chooses Junior Eurovision 2016 contestant

June 12, 2016June 12, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Eurovision

Ten-year-old Lidiya Ganeva of Plovdiv was chosen on June 11 to represent Bulgaria at the 2016 Junior Eurovision song contest, to

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Bulgaria 

After Sunny Beach shooting, Bulgaria makes show of tax, cop checkups

June 11, 2016June 14, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

After a night-time shootout at the Sunny Beach coastal resort which left one man dead and one of Bulgaria’s most

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Bulgaria 

Pan-Orthodox Council: Bulgarian, Russian Orthodox Church positions ‘overlap’

June 10, 2016June 13, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian Orthodox Church

The Georgian Orthodox Church said on June 10 it would not attend the Pan-Orthodox Council in Crete in June, the

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Bulgaria 

Keep a civil tongue in your head, Bulgarian President tells MPs

June 10, 2016June 13, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian head of state President Rossen Plevneliev has appealed to the country’s politicians to stop what he called the daily

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