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Nato Secretary-General praises Bulgaria’s participation in alliance missions

January 22, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Nato

Nato Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, on his first visit to Sofia as head of the alliance, has praised Bulgaria’s participation in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Supreme Judicial Council suspends judge over disciplinary proceedings

January 22, 2015January 25, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

Roumyana Chenalova, the Sofia City Court judge subject to disciplinary proceedings over her handling of some cases, has been suspended

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian MPs amend audit office law, again

January 22, 2015January 22, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Parliament passed at second reading amendments to the law governing the activity of the National Audit Office (NAO) on

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s MRF threatens no-confidence vote

January 22, 2015January 22, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency

The opposition Movement for Rights and Freedoms is seeking to seize the stage in the opening weeks of Bulgaria’s political

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Head of Bulgarian history museum to publish book of his file as a State Security agent

January 21, 2015May 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Dossier Commission

The State Security files on Bozhidar Dimitrov, the controversial head of Bulgaria’s National History Museum, are to be published as

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian MPs sack central bank deputy governor

January 21, 2015January 25, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Bulgaria’s Parliament voted to dismiss Tsvetan Gounev, deputy Bulgarian National Bank governor in charge of the bank supervision department, on

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria wants support for milk producers hit by Russian ban on imports from EU

January 21, 2015January 25, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission, Russia

Bulgaria is to insist that measures be taken at European level to provide support to all producers of milk and

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to build 82km fence at Turkish border without calling tender

January 21, 2015January 24, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Turkey

Bulgaria’s Parliament has agreed that an 82km fence along the Turkish border, which Prime Minister Boiko Borissov estimates will cost

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria appoints honorary consul in US state of Georgia

January 21, 2015January 21, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s cabinet on January 21 approved the appointment of James Rigsby as honorary consul in Georgia in the United States,

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