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Bulgarian Cabinet approves bill aimed at curtailing theft of companies

June 8, 2016June 9, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Cabinet approved at its June 8 meeting a bill of amendments to the Commercial Act meant to deter theft

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Bulgaria 

Plevneliev: ‘EU integration only weapon we have to achieve peace and security’

June 8, 2016June 9, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff European Parliament, Rossen Plevneliev

The cure to the EU’s ills is more solidarity, more rule of law, more synergies and more integration, Bulgarian President

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Bulgaria backs European fingerprint database of convicted non-EU nationals

June 8, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgaria supports the setting up of a centralised database of the fingerprints of non-EU nationals who have criminal convictions, the

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Poll: New leader boosts support for Bulgarian Socialist Party

June 8, 2016June 9, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Lyutvi Mestan, Volen Siderov

The election of Kornelia Ninova as the new leader of the opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party has seen support for that

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Bulgarian parliamentary minority group re-forms

June 8, 2016June 8, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

In a turnabout just a few days after it split, the parliamentary group of the minority Bulgarian Democratic Centre re-formed.

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Ecumenical Patriarch calls on all Orthodox churches to take part in Pan-Orthodox Council

June 7, 2016June 9, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Responding to the refusal of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church to attend the Pan-Orthodox Council and indications that some other Orthodox

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Bulgaria 

EC convergence report says Bulgaria does not meet euro criteria

June 7, 2016June 9, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff euro zone, European Commission

The European Commission said in its convergence report released on June 7 that Bulgaria did not yet meet the conditions

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Foreign Ministry issues advice to Bulgarians heading to Euro 2016, summer holidays

June 7, 2016June 8, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry has issued a series of pointers to the country’s citizens heading abroad for the summer holidays and

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Bulgaria reports 0.7% economic growth in Q1 2016

June 7, 2016June 8, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s economy grew by 0.7 per cent in the first quarter of the year, according to preliminary data announced by

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