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Bulgaria budgets 22 million leva for May 2014 European Parliament elections

March 28, 2014March 30, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European Parliament

The Bulgarian government has budgeted 22 million leva (about 11 million euro) for the country’s May 25 2014 European Parliament

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Bulgaria 

Cycling duo to tour SOS Children’s villages in Balkans

March 28, 2014March 30, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia

A duo of cyclists plan to travel 1700km in 15 days, visiting nine different SOS Children’s villages to raise awareness

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Bulgaria 

Clocks change in Bulgaria to summer daylight saving time on March 30 2014

March 27, 2014March 30, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Summer daylight saving time starts in Bulgaria on March 30 2014 at 3am, when clocks must be adjusted forward an

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Economic ties, security on agenda as Israeli foreign minister Lieberman visits Bulgaria

March 27, 2014March 30, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas terrorist attack, Rossen Plevneliev, Tsvetlin Yovchev

Bulgaria and Israel will identify specific projects to bring new dynamism to economic co-operation and to promote business contacts between

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Bulgaria 

Russia builds up troops on Ukraine border

March 27, 2014March 28, 2014 VOANews Ukraine

U.S. and European security agencies estimate Russia has deployed military and militia units totaling more than 30,000 people along its

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian court acquits man with multiple sclerosis who used medical marijuana

March 27, 2014March 30, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency

The district court in the Bulgarian town of Lovech acquitted a man with multiple sclerosis of charges of cultivation and

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Bulgaria 

Karadere controversy: Protests – and a pledge to change the law on offshores

March 27, 2014March 28, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s national controversy over plans to build a large-scale hotel complex at Karadere on the Black Sea coast is continuing,

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Bulgaria 

Court in Bulgaria’s Kurdjali rejects Muslim land property claim

March 26, 2014March 28, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

The district court in the southern Bulgarian city of Kurdjali has refused a claim by the office of the Chief

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Bulgaria 

Investor determined to proceed with Karadere project

March 26, 2014March 27, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Madara Europe, the company given Class A investor status by the Bulgarian government, has expressed determination to proceed with its

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