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Bulgarian Socialist Party government appointing former State Security collaborator as consul-general in Bitola

September 25, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Dossier Commission

Teodor Russinov, removed from his post as Bulgaria’s ambassador to Albania in February 2012 by the then-government headed by Boiko

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Bulgaria 

At UN, Bulgarian President Plevneliev calls for lasting political solution to Syria crisis

September 24, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev, Syria

A lasting political solution to the crisis in Syria should be found through the resumption of the Geneva negotiations process,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court to hear Peevski on October 8

September 24, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Peevski protests

Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court decided to call on Delyan Peevski – the man whose appointment as director of the State Agency

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Bulgaria 

Closing Bulgaria’s border with Turkey ‘will not solve Syrian refugee problem’

September 23, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Syrian refugees

The Bulgarian government has not discussed closing the country’s border with Turkey because of the increased influx of Syrian refugees,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian prosecutors: No indictments after Belene-linked raid

September 23, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Belene, energy

Bulgaria’s prosecutor’s office said on September 23 that it has not pressed charges, at this stage, in its investigation of

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Bulgaria 

UN appreciates Bulgaria’s generosity towards asylum seekers, Ban tells Plevneliev

September 23, 2013September 23, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

In talks at the UN headquarters in New York with Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian autumn and the ‘new’ political forces

September 23, 2013September 23, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov

Autumn came to Bulgaria on the night of September 22 2013, at the close of a weekend that had seen

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Plovdiv’s 2013 Night of Museums and Galleries: Photos

September 22, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

The ninth annual Night of Museums and Galleries in Plovdiv brought thousands of visitors to the streets of Bulgaria’s second

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Bulgaria 

Slight earthquake felt in Sofia

September 22, 2013September 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

An earthquake registered as 3.4 on the Richter scale was felt in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia on September 22 2013

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