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Energy efficiency: EC asks Bulgaria to get in line with EU legislation

November 26, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff energy, European Commission

The European Commission (EC) has formally requested Bulgaria and Hungary to ensure the full transposition of the bloc’s 2012 Energy

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria in hot water over bad air

November 26, 2014November 27, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission

The European Commission is urging Bulgaria to reduce ambient levels of sulphur dioxide (SO2), an air pollutant from industrial installations that can

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Bulgaria 

EC asks Bulgaria to apply EU rules on exchanging information on traffic offences

November 26, 2014November 26, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission

Bulgaria is among four EU countries that the European Commission (EC) has asked to implement the directive on the cross-border

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s draft 2015 Budget sets 3% deficit target

November 26, 2014November 27, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry published the 2015 draft Budget bill on November 26, which envisions a consolidated budget deficit of three

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Bulgaria 

EC: Bulgaria must set penalties against airlines breaking EU traffic management rules

November 26, 2014November 26, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission

The European Commission has officially requested Bulgaria to adopt the necessary rules to set up penalties in case of a

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian nationalist Patriotic Front’s mixed messages on continued support for government

November 26, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Bulgarian nationalist Patriotic Front (PF) co-leader Krassimir Karakachanov said that the front continues to support the government, while the same

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria announces new steps to cut corruption at police roadside checks

November 25, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Only traffic police – and none of Bulgaria’s other varieties of police – will be allowed to carry out roadside

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Bulgaria 

Arrests in Bulgarian police operation against ‘radical Islam’ in four cities and towns

November 25, 2014November 26, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Bulgaria’s State Agency for National Security, police and gendamerie had by the early afternoon of November 25 arrested at least

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Sofia police planning tight security ahead of Liverpool – Ludogorets match

November 25, 2014November 27, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Police in the Bulgarian capital Sofia will be closely monitoring football fans in the city for the Liverpool – Ludogorets

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