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Bulgaria’s security, child protection agencies investigating ‘illegal’ Muslim schools

September 9, 2014September 9, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency

The State Agency for National Security and the office of the Chief Mufti, spiritual leader of Bulgaria’s Muslims, have started

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Bulgaria 

Archaeology: 9th century Baths found at Bulgaria’s Pliska

September 9, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology

Archaeologists working at the site of Pliska, once the capital of the First Bulgarian Kingdom, have uncovered a luxurious royal

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Bulgaria 

New British ambassador to Bulgaria to take office in May 2015

September 8, 2014September 10, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Emma Hopkins will succeed Jonathan Allen as UK ambassador to Bulgaria in May 2015, the British government has announced. Hopkins

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‘Stability’ the buzzword as Bulgaria’s parliamentary election campaign gets underway

September 8, 2014September 14, 2014 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgarian election 2014, Lyutvi Mestan, Mihail Mikov, Rossen Plevneliev

After many months of torrid political dramas in Bulgaria, the theme of stability has emerged as a talking point among

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to see latest Super Moon of 2014 on September 9

September 8, 2014September 10, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

The cosmic spectacle of a Super Moon is coming around again to Bulgarian night skies on September 9, the third

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Bulgaria 

TV investigation finds illegal Koranic boarding schools in Bulgaria

September 8, 2014September 8, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency

Free-of-charge education in the Koran is being offered at unregistered Muslim boarding schools in Bulgaria, according to a hidden-camera investigation

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian political parties embark on campaign trail for October elections

September 7, 2014September 14, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian election 2014

From the massive to the muted, the campaigns of Bulgaria’s political parties are getting underway ahead of the country’s ahead-of-term

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Bulgaria 

New fundraising appeal after floods in Bulgaria

September 7, 2014September 9, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, floods

The Bulgarian Red Cross has started a new fundraising appeal to help people hit by floods that swept part of

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Bulgaria 

Three dead in floods in Bulgaria’s Bourgas district

September 6, 2014September 8, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, floods

Three people have drowned in floods in the Bourgas region on Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast, the Interior Ministry and local

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