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EC takes Bulgaria to court over illegal landfills

January 23, 2014January 23, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission

The European Commission said on January 23 that it is taking Bulgaria to the EU Court of Justice over the

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Bulgarian MPs in Taiwan freebie row

January 23, 2014February 10, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

A group of four MPs from each party in Bulgaria’s Parliament are embroiled in controversy after accepting a free trip

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Bulgarian President Plevneliev postpones Ukraine visit over human rights violations, political instability

January 22, 2014February 10, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev, Ukraine

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev has postponed a planned May 2014 visit to Ukraine because of human rights violations and political

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War of words over European Commission report on Bulgaria

January 22, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission, Tsvetlin Yovchev, Zinaida Zlatanova

Presented with a scathing report by the European Commission on Bulgaria’s lack of progress in meeting EU justice and home

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Flu epidemic declared in Bulgarian capital Sofia

January 22, 2014January 22, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

An influenza epidemic has been declared in Bulgarian capital city Sofia as of January 23 2014, the regional health inspectorate

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Siderov, Ataka MPs give up immunity from prosecution

January 22, 2014February 10, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Volen Siderov

In an ostentatious display in Parliament, after a sarcasm-laden speech by leader Volen Siderov, MPs for ultra-nationalist party Ataka all

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Bulgarian socialist MP Angelov defiant over Syria visit

January 22, 2014February 10, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Kristian Vigenin, Nikolai Mladenov, Sergei Stanishev, Syria, Syrian refugees

Bulgarian Socialist Party member of Parliament Strahil Angelov, in television interviews on January 22 after his controversial visit to Syria,

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Dark days for Bulgarian socialist leader Stanishev

January 22, 2014February 10, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Georgi Purvanov, Sergei Stanishev

Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) leader Sergei Stanishev is finding himself facing reverses on a number of fronts, but the extent

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Bulgarian archaeologists unearth rare cross in early Christian basilica

January 21, 2014February 10, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology

Bulgarian archaeologists have unearthed a rare cross during the excavation of an early Christian basilica in the town of Sandanski

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