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Bulgarian capital Sofia counts cost of property damage after hailstorm bombardment

July 10, 2014July 10, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

The damage caused by the severe hailstorm that struck Bulgaria’s capital Sofia is expected to run into many millions of

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Bulgaria 

Borissov repeats demand for GERB to nominate Bulgaria’s European Commissioner

July 9, 2014July 10, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, European Commission, European elections 2014, Sergei Stanishev

Bulgarian opposition centre-right GERB party leader Boiko Borissov has repeated his insistence that his party should nominate the country’s European

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian opposition calls for defence minister’s resignation over delays in Bulgarian-Turkish border fence

July 9, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Turkey

Bulgarian Defence Minister Angel Naidenov should resign immediately over the latest failure by his ministry, the delays in completing the

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Bulgaria 

Insurance companies in Sofia extend hours for claims after severe hailstorm

July 9, 2014July 10, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Insurance companies in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia temporarily extended their working hours and timeframes for accepting claims after the severe

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Bulgaria 

Dealing with Varna’s Asparouhovo flood damage to cost more than 23 million leva – estimate

July 9, 2014July 10, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Varna, Varna floods

Drainage and cleaning after the deadly flood that struck the Asparouhovo area of Bulgaria’s Black Sea city of Varna cost

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Bulgaria 

Falling tree kills passerby as violent hailstorm strikes Bulgarian capital Sofia

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

A 70-year-old man died in Borissova Gradina when a tree fell during a violent hailstorm that lashed the Bulgarian capital city

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Bulgaria 

BWC, BSP spent most money in European Parliament election campaigns – audit office

July 8, 2014July 10, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European elections 2014

Former talk show host Nikolai Barekov’s populist Bulgaria Without Censorship (BWC) party spent by far the most among the parties

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Parliament to resume sittings after three-party agreement

July 8, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s troubled National Assembly, due to be dissolved on August 6 ahead of early elections, appears set to be able

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian socialist MP apologises for sexist comment

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

Bulgarian Socialist Party MP Kiril Dobrev issued a public apology on his Facebook page after a storm broke around him

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