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Seven EU ambassadors sign joint letter calling for judicial reform

December 22, 2014December 23, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency judiciary

Seven ambassadors of European Union countries to Bulgaria have signed a joint letter calling for reforms in the judiciary and

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian electricity companies offer tips on cutting power consumption during Festive Season

December 21, 2014December 23, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Two of Bulgaria’s electricity distribution companies have offered customers advice on how to reduce power consumption during the Festive Season

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament passes 2015 Budget at second reading

December 20, 2014June 5, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian MPs passed the 2015 Budget Act at second reading in the early hours of December 20, following a marathon

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian MPs pass controversial private pension amendments

December 19, 2014December 22, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Parliament passed on December 19 the amendments giving anyone born after December 31 1959 a one-off choice to switch

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One person reported dead in latest munitions plant blast in Bulgaria

December 19, 2014December 22, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

An explosion near the town of Kazanluk in central Bulgaria on December 19 caused the death of one person and

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian police in talks with Greece on finding missing former security agency chief Sertov

December 19, 2014December 19, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Senior Bulgarian law enforcement officials have held talks with Greek counterparts in an effort to find Petko Sertov, the former

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Bulgaria 

Borissov: EC has approved 2014/2020 transport funding for Bulgaria

December 18, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, European Commission

The European Commission has approved the 2014/2020 transport and transport infrastructure programme, meaning millions for motorways and the metro, according

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Bulgaria 

European fund to provide 1.4M leva for integration of immigrants in Bulgaria

December 18, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

More than 1.4 million leva (about 700 000 euro) from the European Fund for the Integration of Third-Country Nationals will

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Bulgaria 

European leaders tighten sanctions on Crimea and Sevastopol in latest move against illegal annexation by Russia

December 18, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

European Union government leaders have imposed substantial additional sanctions on investment, services and trade with Crimea and Sevastopol, to reinforce

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