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Clearing of ground starts after court opens the way for ‘Dunegate’ project in Nessebur

February 16, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

The Administrative Court in the Bulgarian Black Sea city of Bourgas handed down a judgment on February 14 opening the

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Bulgaria 

Boiko Borissov’s GERB elects three deputy leaders

February 16, 2014February 18, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Tsvetan Tsvetanov

Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB party has finessed the Tsvetan Tsvetanov problem by adding two additional deputy leaders to the party.

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Bulgaria 

Strong police presence as hundreds defy ban of far-right ‘Lukov March’ in Sofia

February 15, 2014February 18, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Defying Sofia mayor Yordanka Fandukova’s refusal of permission for the annual “Lukov March” honouring a 1930s ultra-nationalist leader, about 200

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Bulgaria 

Turkish ambassador ‘concerned’ over attack on Plovdiv mosque

February 15, 2014February 17, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

The Turkish ambassador to Bulgaria, Süleyman Gökçe, has expressed concern at the attack on the Dzhumaya mosque in Plovdiv by

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Bulgaria 

President Plevneliev speaks out on Bulgaria’s North Korea controversy

February 14, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev has spoken out sharply on statements by the government on a bilateral agreement with North Korea

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Bulgaria 

Major row sinks third day of voting on Bulgaria’s controversial new election code

February 14, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

The Movement for Rights and Freedoms, the party led and supported in the main by Bulgarians of Turkish ethnicity and

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Bulgaria 

Anti-Islamic mob of ‘football fans’ smashes windows of Plovdiv mosque

February 14, 2014February 15, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Hurling paving stones, rocks and fireworks, a large mob of protesters – many of them from football fan clubs –

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Bulgaria 

Organisers of far-right ‘Lukov March’ vow to defy Sofia municipality’s ban

February 14, 2014February 15, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Organisers of the far-right “Lukov March” torchlight procession have vowed to defy the ban on the march imposed by Sofia

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s economy grows by 0.4% in Q4 2013

February 14, 2014February 17, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s economy grew by 0.7 per cent in the last quarter of 2013, compared to the previous three months, the

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