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Bulgaria’s Reformist Bloc proposes steps to end crisis, launch reforms

December 1, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

The Reformist Bloc, an alliance of a number of minority right-wing and centrist parties that currently lack seats in Parliament,

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Bulgaria joins in marking World AIDS Day

December 1, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The Bulgarian Red Cross Youth joined in marking World AIDS Day on December 1, encouraging people in Sofia to take

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Bulgaria to put electricity utility chief in charge of South Stream

November 29, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff energy, South Stream

Bulgaria’s Economy Minister Dragomir Stoynev said on November 29 that Vladimir Inkov will be “put in charge” of South Stream,

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EU grants Bulgaria 5.66M euro to address asylum seekers influx

November 29, 2013November 29, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission, Syrian refugees

The European Commission said on November 29 that was providing 5.66 million euro in emergency funding from the European Refugee

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Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court rejects second suit to void May election results

November 29, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court ruled against a challenge to declare the results of the May 12 2013 parliamentary elections void, the

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Bulgarian Parliament postpones vote on Gambling Act amendments

November 28, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Parliament decided to postpone the vote on the first reading of the Gambling Act amendments, bring the country’s legislation

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Bulgaria orders shopping mall inspections

November 28, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Government said on November 28 that it has ordered inspections to check the structural soundness of the shopping malls

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Bulgaria’s first snow: more traffic disruptions and blackouts

November 28, 2013November 28, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

After two days of intermittent snowfall, new reports of traffic disruptions and villages without power in Bulgaria emerged on November

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Bulgaria’s first snow: blackouts, traffic and flight disruptions

November 27, 2013November 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The first snowfall of the winter in Bulgaria resulted in a familiar picture – traffic disruptions and reports of rural

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