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Seven indicted in investigation after Bulgaria cigarette smuggling ring bust

April 13, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s prosecutor’s office has said that it pressed charges against seven people following arrests in a cigarette smuggling ring bust

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Kozloduy nuclear plant begins maintenance on unit 5

April 13, 2015April 13, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff energy, nuclear

Bulgaria’s sole nuclear power plant, at Kozloduy on the Danube River, said that it has shut down the 1000MW fifth

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Warnings on traffic congestion as Bulgaria heads into Easter holidays

April 9, 2015April 14, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Hundreds of thousands of Bulgarians were expected to hit the road for the four-day Easter weekend from April 10 to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian prosecutors issue new indictment in CCB probe

April 9, 2015April 15, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

The steady drip of indictments in the investigation into the events that led to the collapse of Bulgaria’s fourth-largest lender,

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Bulgaria 

One dead, three missing after hotel collapse near Bulgaria’s Varna

April 9, 2015April 9, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Varna

One person died and three were missing after a hotel collapsed near the Bulgarian Black Sea port of Varna late

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President calls national security council meeting on state of armed forces

April 9, 2015April 9, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev has called a meeting of the Consultative Council on National Security for April 27 to discuss

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Bulgaria 

Probe against former Bulgarian Parliament deputy speaker heads to court

April 9, 2015April 14, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s prosecutor’s office said on April 9 that it has finished the investigation against Hristo Biserov, a former deputy leader

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Bulgarian prosecutors indict three auditors in CCB investigation

April 8, 2015April 9, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Bulgaria’s prosecutor’s office said on April 8 that it pressed charges of mismanagement against three auditors as part of the

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Bulgaria bans munitions imports and transportation

April 8, 2015April 8, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Cabinet decided on April 8 to ban the import and transportation of munitions from other EU member states for

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