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Bulgarian Ministry of Culture: Plovdiv tobacco warehouse targeted for demolition is a monument of culture

March 7, 2016March 9, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Bulgaria’s Ministry of Culture said on March 7 2016 that a tobacco warehouse in Plovdiv’s “Tobacco Town” on which demolition

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Bansko ski zone: Meeting between government, conservationists and concession-holder produces no result

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

The future of Bulgaria’s winter resort Bansko ski zone is no clearer after a three-hour meeting involving four Cabinet ministers,

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Bulgaria 

Borissov’s GERB slightly sheds support but remains by far strongest party in Bulgaria – poll

March 7, 2016March 8, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB party, majority partner in the coalition government, has lost about three per cent

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Bulgaria 

Prosecutors in Plovdiv begin investigation into demolition of historic ‘Tobacco Town’ building

March 7, 2016March 8, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Plovdiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office said on March 7 that it was investigating whether any crime, including possible unlawful authorisation of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian prosecutors ask Parliament to lift immunity from MP in embezzlement investigation

March 7, 2016March 7, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s prosecutor-general Sotir Tsatsarov has filed a formal request to Parliament, asking for the House to lift the immunity of

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Bulgaria 

Approval ratings of Bulgaria’s courts, prosecution plummet – poll

March 7, 2016March 8, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, judiciary, Rossen Plevneliev

The approval ratings of several of Bulgaria’s institutions, including the country’s courts, prosecution office and Parliament all have plummeted in

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Bulgaria 

Outrage in Plovdiv over demolition of historic ‘Tobacco Town’ warehouse

March 7, 2016March 8, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Indignant residents of Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv formed a human chain and marched on the municipal headquarters in protest after

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria steps up security at strategic sites around the country

March 4, 2016March 7, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Macedonia

Armed security forces were deployed around various strategic sites in Bulgaria on March 4 as the country stepped up security

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Bulgaria 

Syrian, Iraqi refugees in Greece: We won’t go back

March 4, 2016March 7, 2016 Jamie Dettmer of VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Greece

Hungry people are angry people. In the makeshift tent camp just meters from Macedonia, here on the Greek side of

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