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Hacking attack on Bulgarian Orthodox Church website ‘revenge for assault on Plovdiv mosque’

May 15, 2014May 16, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Plovdiv

Hackers attacked the official website of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, leaving a message saying that this was revenge for the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian regulator mulls massive fines on electricity distribution firms

May 14, 2014May 16, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s State Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (SEWRC) said on May 14 that its audit of three privately-owned electricity distribution

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian leaders send condolences to Turkish counterparts over Soma mine disaster

May 14, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Turkey

Bulgaria’s President, Speaker of Parliament, prime minister and foreign minister each sent messages of condolences to their Turkish counterparts on

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s European Parliament elections: Notebook, May 14

May 14, 2014May 14, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European elections 2014

A commentator on media coverage of the campaign ahead of Bulgaria’s May 25 2014 European Parliament elections said that the

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Bulgaria 

Former constitutional judge: Committee investigating President Plevneliev is unconstitutional

May 14, 2014May 15, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European elections 2014, Rossen Plevneliev

A former judge in Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court has become the latest expert to say that the parliamentary committee set up

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Orthodox Church Patriarch Neofit to visit Russia

May 14, 2014May 15, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Russia

Patriarch Neofit, head of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, is to visit Russia from May 23 to 29, the church’s governing

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Bulgaria 

ADL survey of anti-Semitism: Bulgaria worse than Eastern Europe average

May 14, 2014May 10, 2024 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian Jews

Eastern Europe ranks second among the world’s regions in anti-Semitic attitudes, and Bulgaria is worse than the average, scoring 44

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s competition watchdog accuses electricity distributors of unfair competition

May 13, 2014May 13, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) became the latest state regulator to announce administrative proceedings against the country’s three

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Bulgaria’s European Parliament elections: Notebook, May 13

May 13, 2014May 13, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European elections 2014

Bulgaria’s far-right ultra-nationalist party Ataka hardly is worth writing about in these European Parliament elections, given that Volen Siderov’s cohorts

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