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Bulgaria detected 12 people suspected of links to extremist groups in Iraq – refugee agency

September 25, 2014September 25, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria had detected 12 people who were suspected of belonging to extremist organisations in Iraq, State Agency for Refugees head

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Ultra-nationalist party ‘occupies’ Central Election Commission over campaign ad ban

September 24, 2014September 24, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian election 2014

Candidate MPs from the far-right ultra-nationalist Bulgarian National Union-New Democracy party “occupied” the Sofia headquarters of the Central Election Commission

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Xenophobia and anti-Semitism in Europe cannot be tolerated, Plevneliev says

September 24, 2014March 10, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas terrorist attack, Bulgarian Jews, Rossen Plevneliev

Expressions of xenophobia and anti-Semitism in Europe cannot be tolerated and it is unacceptable for political parties in European Union

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Bulgaria’s election day will decrease police at Turkish border – report

September 24, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian election 2014, Syrian refugees

The number of Bulgarian police on duty at the border with Turkey to deal with the influx of refugees will

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Bulgarian elections 2014: Only 16 candidate MPs take up Mensa offer of IQ test

September 24, 2014September 26, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian election 2014

A total of 5232 people are standing as candidates in Bulgaria’s October 5 2014 early parliamentary elections – but only

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Bulgaria sees new protests against shale gas

September 24, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency

Enviromental conservation organisations in Bulgaria planned protests on September 24 2014 in the country’s three largest cities – Sofia, Plovdiv

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Bulgarian President: Climate change not an illusion, requires global response

September 24, 2014September 25, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff energy, Rossen Plevneliev

Climate change is not an illusion, Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev told the UN Climate Summit 2014, citing the series of

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Bulgaria reports pre-trial proceedings for vote-buying

September 23, 2014September 25, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian election 2014

Bulgarian authorities have started 11 pre-trial proceedings in connection with alleged vote-buying ahead of the country’s October 5 early parliamentary

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Bulgarian court rejects request to suspend central bank deputy governor

September 23, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Sofia Court of Appeals ruled on September 23 against the prosecutor’s office request to suspend Tsvetan Gounev, the deputy governor

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