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Bulgaria arrests four for illegal archaeological dig of ancient Roman villa

August 24, 2014August 24, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology

Police arrested four people who were carrying out an illegal archaeological excavation of an ancient Roman villa in the village

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Central Election Commission approves 18 parties, seven coalitions for October elections

August 24, 2014August 30, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Central Election Commission (CEC) has accepted the applications of seven coalitions and 18 parties to stand in the country’s

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Bulgaria 

Archaeology: 10th Century buckles with imperial symbols found in Bulgaria’s Pliska

August 22, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology

Valuable buckles with the images of imperial symbols have been found by archaeologists working at the site of medieval Pliska

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Bulgaria 

Bluetongue disease has killed 3000 animals in Bulgaria

August 22, 2014August 28, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency

About 3000 animals in Bulgaria have died from Bluetongue disease and 22 out of 26 districts in the country are

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Bulgaria 

Layers of destruction: Archaeology, Serdica and Sofia’s Largo

August 21, 2014May 10, 2024 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Sofia

The story of the rich archaeological heritage of Bulgaria is not only one of what has been found but also

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s caretaker health minister halts 11th-hour deals by predecessor

August 21, 2014August 28, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian caretaker Health Minister Miroslav Nenkov on August 21 became the latest cabinet minister to seek the fix the mess

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian court says no evidence of missing funds at CCB

August 21, 2014August 28, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Sofia City Court ruled on August 21 to release from arrest the deputy chief accountant of Corporate Commercial Bank (CCB),

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria acts against Bluetongue disease, but breeders irate at ‘belated’ response

August 21, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Agriculture and Food Ministry has held an emergency meeting on dealing with the outbreak of Bluetongue disease in parts

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Bulgaria 

Three outbreaks of bluetongue disease in Bulgaria, said to come from Greece and Turkey

August 21, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency

Three outbreaks of Bluetongue disease have found in the district of Blagoevgrad, in the areas of Simitli, Satovcha and Katuntsi,

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