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Bulgarian anti-government protesters blockade interior minister in restaurant

December 15, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Peevski protests, Tsvetlin Yovchev

A group of Bulgarian anti-government protesters blockaded Tsvetlin Yovchev, interior minister in the Bulgarian Socialist Party government, in a central

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Bulgaria 

Amnesty slams Bulgaria in report on Syrian refugees, condemns ‘Fortress Europe’

December 13, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Syrian refugees

In two of the main gateways to the European Union, Bulgaria and Greece, refugees from Syria are met with deplorable

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Bulgaria 

‘There is a campaign against Dossier Commission disclosures’

December 13, 2013December 15, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Dossier Commission

The Dossier Commission, which exposes people in Bulgaria who used to work for communist-era secret service State Security, appears to

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Bulgaria 

Four favourites in election of Bulgarian Orthodox Church Varna Metropolitan – report

December 13, 2013December 15, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Four bishops have emerged as favourites in the election of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s new Metropolitan of Varna, the first

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President to challenge renewable energy tariff fee at Constitutional Court

December 12, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff energy, Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev said on December 12 that he would ask the Constitutional Court to rule on whether the

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Bulgaria 

Four cities shortlisted for Bulgaria’s European Capital of Culture 2019

December 12, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv, Sofia, Varna, Veliko Turnovo

Sofia, Plovdiv, Varna and Veliko Turnovo have been shortlisted out of an initial list of eight to be named European

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Parliament rejects amendments easing full smoking ban

December 12, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff smoking

Bulgaria’s June 2012 full ban on smoking in public places such as restaurants and bars remains in place after Parliament

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Bulgaria 

Queen of England awards gallantry medal to Bulgarian hero Plamen Petkov

December 12, 2013December 12, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Plamen Petkov, the Bulgarian-British dual national, has been awarded posthumously the Queen’s Gallantry Medal for his heroic saving of a

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria and Serbia discuss air, transport and energy links

December 11, 2013December 11, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Serbia

Visiting Sofia, Serbian prime minister Ivica Dačić was assured by state and government officials of Bulgaria’s backing for Serbia’s European

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