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Cabinet inspectorate recommends legislating procedure on issuing certificates of Bulgarian origin

November 5, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency

The Bulgarian cabinet office’s inspectorate-general has recommended that a law be drafted to govern the issuing of certificates of Bulgarian

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Parliament to vote on proposed cabinet on November 7

November 5, 2014November 6, 2014 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov

Bulgaria’s unicameral Parliament, the National Assembly, is provisionally scheduled to vote on GERB leader Boiko Borissov’s proposed cabinet on November

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria ranks 48th in Legatum Institute’s 2014 Prosperity Index

November 5, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgaria ranks 48th globally out of 142 countries in the Legatum Institute’s 2014 Prosperity Index, having risen one place since

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s nationalist Patriotic Front rejects GERB-Reformist Bloc proposed cabinet policy statement

November 5, 2014November 5, 2014 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov

Bulgarian nationalist coalition the Patriotic Front (PF) said late on November 4 that it could not support the proposed programme

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Bulgaria 

Reports name nominees to the proposed new Borissov cabinet

November 4, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

These are the nominations to Bulgaria’s next Cabinet, as agreed by Boiko Borissov’s GERB and the Reformist Bloc, according to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s GERB, Reformist Bloc agree on cabinet to be headed by Boiko Borissov

November 4, 2014November 5, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Bulgaria’s centre-right GERB and Reformist Bloc have agreed on proposing a cabinet that will be headed by GERB’s Boiko Borissov

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Bulgaria 

EU autumn economic forecast for Bulgaria: Subdued growth amid rising uncertainty

November 4, 2014November 6, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Union’s autumn economic forecast for Bulgaria, released on November 4, sees real GDP growth in the country as

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Bulgaria 

Kanev: Reformist Bloc will support the prime minister proposed by GERB

November 4, 2014November 5, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Bulgaria appeared a further step closer to a possible deal on a coalition cabinet on November 4 when Reformist Bloc

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Bulgaria 

Seven Bulgarian customs officers charged with racketeering and extortion at Turkish border

November 4, 2014November 5, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Turkey

After the weekend arrest of 24 Bulgarian customs officers at the Lesovo border checkpoint with Turkey, seven have been charged

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