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Bulgaria halts South Stream ‘pending consultations with EU’

June 8, 2014June 9, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff energy, Russia

Bulgaria has stopped all activities linked to the building of the South Stream gas pipeline project pending full compliance of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Plevneliev congratulates Poroshenko on inauguration as president of Ukraine

June 8, 2014June 9, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Ukraine

Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev has congratulated Petro Poroshenko on his inauguration as president of Ukraine, the Bulgarian head of state’s

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Reactions to Stanishev – contradictions on compulsory voting, confusion over early elections

June 6, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Lyutvi Mestan, Sergei Stanishev

Bulgaria’s centre-right GERB leader Boiko Borissov welcomed a June 6 statement by Bulgarian Socialist Party leader Sergei Stanishev proposing compulsory

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US could sanction Bulgarian firms that work with South Stream construction firm Stroytransgaz – ambassador

June 6, 2014June 9, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Companies or individuals that provide material support to Stroytransgaz – the company to which Bulgaria awarded the contract to build

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McCain among three US senators to visit Bulgaria

June 6, 2014June 6, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Russia, Ukraine

United States senators John McCain, Chris Murphy and Ron Johnson are to visit Bulgaria over the weekend, the US embassy

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Bulgaria 

Tensions in Bulgaria’s ruling axis over South Stream out in the open

June 6, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff energy

A few days after the European Commission (EC) announced an infringement procedure against Bulgaria over its choice of a contractor

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Bulgaria 

Stanishev: Bulgarian Socialist Party to hold talks with other parties on early elections – with compulsory voting

June 6, 2014June 9, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, European elections 2014, Lyutvi Mestan, Sergei Stanishev

Embattled Bulgarian Socialist Party leader Sergei Stanishev told a news conference on June 6 that his party was ready to hold

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Bulgarian Parliament approves 1.49 billion euro bond issue

June 6, 2014June 8, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s National Assembly gave final approval, in a vote on June 5, to a bond issue of 1.493 billion euro

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Bulgaria’s European Parliament elections: How most pollsters got it wrong

June 5, 2014June 8, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European elections 2014

As the ramifications of Bulgaria’s European Parliament elections continue to unfold, seemingly now bringing forward a realistic prospect of early

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