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Bulgarians to hold protest against police brutality

July 9, 2015July 12, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

A protest is to be held in Sofia on July 10, prompted by the recent release of two videos depicting

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria concerned by Greek crisis impact on jobs, gas interconnector

July 9, 2015July 10, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency

It is certain that the situation in Greece will affect Bulgaria’s economy but there was no sense in being dramatic

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Bulgaria’s Corporate Commercial Bank ‘functioned as a financial pyramid’ – parliamentary committee

July 8, 2015July 10, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

From its establishment, Corporate Commercial Bank – formerly Bulgaria’s fourth-largest and now bankrupt – had functioned as a financial pyramid,

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Bulgarian police arrest chain store executive on European warrant from Italy

July 7, 2015July 9, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian police arrested a senior Technomarket executive in Sofia in an operation co-ordinated by prosecutors and on the basis of

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Bulgaria’s politicians hold mixed views on impact from Greek crisis

July 7, 2015July 9, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Greece

Bulgaria will not be hard hit by the crisis in Greece because Bulgaria is not a euro zone member –

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Bulgaria 

Borissov tells Tusk: Stability of EU, euro zone, of paramount importance to Bulgaria

July 7, 2015July 8, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

For Bulgaria the stability of the EU and the euro zone is a matter of paramount importance, Bulgarian Prime Minister

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Bulgarian economists on Greece: Collective suicide, exit from euro zone

July 6, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

The successor to Yanis Varoufakis, who resigned as Greece’s finance minister on July 6, should be a business person, Bulgarian

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Bulgaria 

Born Free in fundraising appeal to relocate Bulgaria’s last two circus lions to South Africa

July 6, 2015May 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

International wildlife charity Born Free said on July 6 that it had launched a fundraising appeal to try to secure

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Bulgaria’s Black Sea Varna and Bourgas report drop in summer tourists

July 5, 2015July 7, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, tourism, Varna

At the height of the summer tourism season at Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast, hoteliers in Varna say tourist numbers are

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