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Borissov on Siderov incident: Let Parliament and prosecutors do their job

October 11, 2015October 13, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Volen Siderov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said on October 11 that he did not want to comment on the late-night incident

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Bulgarian railways BDZ offering steam train rides in October

October 10, 2015October 13, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia, tourism

Bulgarian state railways BDZ is offering lovers of vintage trains two steam train excursions, on October 17 and 18 2015,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Ataka leader Siderov, MP Chukulov ‘assaulted shopkeepers’ in late-night incident in Sofia

October 10, 2015October 13, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Volen Siderov

Sofia City Prosecutor’s Office has opened preliminary proceedings on a charge of hooliganism after Bulgarian far-right Ataka party leader Volen

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 2015 municipal elections: 75 complaints about breaches of electoral rules so far

October 9, 2015October 13, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2015

There have been 75 complaints so far alleging breaking of the rules of the election process, including 15 about vote-buying,

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Bulgaria 

Tusk: Bulgaria manages borders well, is ready for Schengen

October 9, 2015October 11, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Bulgaria has so far managed its borders well and this is clear evidence that the country is ready to be

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Bulgaria 

Five foreigners standing as candidates in Bulgaria’s October 2015 municipal elections

October 8, 2015October 11, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2015

Five citizens of European Union countries other than Bulgaria are standing as candidate municipal councillors in Bulgaria’s October 25 2015

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Bulgaria 

Three dead, dozens injured in 40-car chain crash in tunnel on Bulgaria’s Hemus Motorway

October 8, 2015October 9, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Three people died and dozens were injured, some seriously, in a chain collision involving more than 40 cars in the Vitinya

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President: Moscow has put the Balkans at the centre of its geopolitical interests

October 8, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Rossen Plevneliev, Russia, Ukraine

The Balkans is where Europe must show that it has learned the lessons of the Ukrainian crisis, Bulgarian President Rossen

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian prosecutors ask court to remand in custody Dutch terrorism suspect

October 8, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian prosecutors have asked the District Court in Haskovo, a town in the southern part of the country near the

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