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Pace of granting Bulgarian citizenship slowed

January 13, 2014February 11, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency

Official statistics for the years 2001 to 2013 again have confirmed a well-known trend, of people from Macedonia topping the

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Bulgaria 

Bid to fix Penal Code foul-up

January 13, 2014May 5, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Zinaida Zlatanova

Clauses in Bulgaria’s controversial proposed new Penal Code are said to be set for redrafting after causing outrage among human

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Bulgaria 

Ataka mounts counter-attack over Varna Airport clash

January 13, 2014February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Volen Siderov

Two members of Parliament for ultra-nationalists Ataka who were present at the January 6 incident at Varna Airport in which

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Orthodox Church voters shortlist candidates for new Nevrokop Metropolitan

January 12, 2014February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Clerics and laity in the town of Gotse Delchev voted on January 12 to shortlist two candidates for the vacant

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Bulgaria 

Report on Peevski on French-German TV network sparks controversy

January 12, 2014February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Peevski protests, Tsvetlin Yovchev

A report on French-German television network Arte TV on anti-corruption protests in Bulgaria showed some of the extensive properties said

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s anti-government protests plan ‘radical’ reception for MPs on January 15

January 10, 2014January 10, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Peevski protests

The January 10 2014 anti-government protest, the 211th day of the continuing campaign, saw the number of police deployed around

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Bulgaria 

Controversy over Bulgaria’s draft Penal Code deepens further

January 10, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency

As human rights lawyers and political critics sift further through the draft proposed new Penal Code, new controversies continue to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s proposed new Penal Code ‘will block investigative journalism’

January 9, 2014February 11, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency

Controversial proposed amendments to Bulgaria’s Penal Code will put an end to anti-corruption investigative journalism, new reports say, in the

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Bulgaria 

Tax office begins audit of human rights watchdog Bulgarian Helsinki Committee

January 9, 2014February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

The National Revenue Agency has initiated a special tax audit of human rights watchdog the Bulgarian Helsinki Committee in a

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