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Plevneliev leaves open the question of whether he will stand in 2016 presidential elections

March 18, 2016March 21, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev, in a speech to Parliament on March 18, left open the question of whether he will

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Bulgaria 

Judicial reform is central to everything, Bulgarian President Plevneliev tells Parliament

March 18, 2016March 21, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary, Rossen Plevneliev

Judicial reform is central to everything, Bulgarian head of state President Rossen Plevneliev told the National Assembly in a special

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Bulgaria 

Investors in Plovdiv tobacco warehouse project: ‘Our actions guided by law’

March 18, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

The investors in the controversial project in Plovdiv that has seen a historic tobacco warehouse, meant to be protected as

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Bulgaria 

Leaders in Sofia and Skopje agree on joint measures against migrant-trafficking at border

March 17, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Europe migrant crisis, Macedonia

Bulgarian Prime Minister and Republic of Macedonia president Gjorge Ivanov have agreed on joint measures to suppress trafficking of migrants

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria asset forfeiture commission files 2.2B leva lawsuit against former CCB owner

March 17, 2016March 21, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Bulgaria’s asset forfeiture commission said on March 17 that it filed a lawsuit against Tsvetan Vassilev, the former majority shareholder

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Foreign Ministry top official fired for getting car stuck in the mud on tram tracks

March 17, 2016March 17, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

If you want to succeed as chief secretary of the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, you should not be a

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Bulgaria 

FDI in Bulgaria in January was 44.9M euro

March 17, 2016March 18, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first month of the year stood at 44.9 million euro, the equivalent of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian state lottery jackpot hits 5.8M leva

March 17, 2016March 17, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

An estimated 5.8 million leva, or about three million euro, will be up for grabs in one of the jackpots

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to slash diplomatic privileges for honorary consuls in the country

March 16, 2016March 18, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgaria will massively cut back the privileges accorded to honorary consuls in the country, stripping them of diplomatic privileges, diplomatic

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