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Road death rate in Bulgaria drops, but remains much higher than EU average

March 31, 2014April 2, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s road death rate decreased between 2001 and 2013 but continues to be much higher than the European Union average,

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Bulgaria 

Reformist Bloc approaches Prosecutor-General over economy minister’s backing for Karadere project

March 31, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s centre-right Reformist Bloc has lodged an allegation at the Prosecutor-General’s office that Economy Minister Dragomir Stoynev broke the recently-approved

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria envisages huge fines for third-country foreigners using companies to buy land

March 31, 2014April 1, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

The agriculture committee of Bulgaria’s Parliament has approved legislative proposals that would means fines of 50 000 to 100 000

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to test siren system in 11 cities on April 1 2014

March 31, 2014April 1, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, Plovdiv, Sofia, Varna

The early warning siren system will be tested in Sofia and 10 other cities on April 1 2014 at 1pm,

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Legalising marijuana for medical use not on agenda, Bulgarian health minister says

March 31, 2014April 1, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgaria’s health minister has ruled out changing the law to allow possession of marijuana for medical use, saying that the

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Bulgaria 

Karadere: Protests in the cities, counter-protests in seaside towns

March 30, 2014April 1, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

The latest in a series of protests against construction in the protected area at Karadere on the Black Sea coast

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Bulgaria 

US assistant secretary of state Nuland visiting Bulgaria amid mixed signals in Sofia on Russia

March 30, 2014April 1, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Moldova, Russia, Ukraine

United States secretary of state Victoria Nuland is due in Sofia on March 31 to meet senior Bulgarian government officials

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Borissov’s GERB ahead of Bulgarian Socialist Party in runup to European Parliament elections – poll

March 28, 2014March 31, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, European Parliament, Sergei Stanishev

Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB party has the largest share of support, 17.5 per cent, ahead of the Bulgarian Socialist Party’s

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament passes Audit Office bill amid criticism

March 28, 2014March 28, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian lawmakers passed at second reading the amendments to the law regulating the activity of the National Audit Office (NAO),

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