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Bulgarian institutions and individuals quick to help flood victims in Serbia, BiH

May 21, 2014May 22, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia

Bulgaria’s government, Red Cross and ordinary people have been quick to offer assistance to victims of the record floods in

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Balkan floods: Bulgarian section of Danube still rising but ‘no extreme situation’ expected

May 21, 2014May 22, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

A “high tide” of water is expected to reach the Bulgarian section of the Danube River on May 22 and

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Bulgaria’s European Parliament elections: Notebook, May 20

May 20, 2014May 20, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European elections 2014

Money is the fuel on which election campaigns are run, and in Bulgaria’s European Parliament elections, there appear to be

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Bulgaria calls for calm as Danube water levels rise

May 20, 2014May 20, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia

While it is expected that the Bulgarian section of the Danube River will rise to critical levels in coming days,

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Bulgarian referendum committee targets late October for plebiscite

May 19, 2014May 21, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgaria’s initiative committee in support of an electoral rules referendum is targeting late October as the most likely date for

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In a blur in HD: Bulgaria’s European Parliament election campaign videos

May 19, 2014May 10, 2024 Clive Leviev-Sawyer European elections 2014

There was the sight of Kalfin in a kayak, of Viktor Papazov tending to his beekeeping and, of course, the

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Bulgaria’s European Parliament elections: Notebook, May 19

May 19, 2014May 19, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European elections 2014

If the government was a television show, its ratings would mean that it would be cancelled, Reformist Bloc ticket leader

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Bulgaria’s Food Safety Agency shuts down supplier to Parliament over bad hygiene

May 19, 2014May 19, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Food Safety Agency said on May 19 that it had closed down a food preparation facility at the President’s

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Bulgaria’s cabinet doles out some goodies ahead of European Parliament elections – report

May 19, 2014May 21, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

A week before Bulgaria’s European Parliament elections on May 25, the country’s cabinet allocated millions of leva for tourism, education,

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