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President Plevneliev: The only way out now for Bulgaria is elections

July 5, 2013July 10, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev, in a forceful special address to the nation on July 5, underlined his disapproval of politicians

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Bulgaria 

European Commission opens proceedings against Bulgarian Energy Holding and subsidiaries Bulgargaz and Bulgartransgaz

July 5, 2013July 10, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Commission has opened formal proceedings to investigate whether Bulgarian Energy Holding (BEH), its gas supply subsidiary Bulgargaz and

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Bulgaria 

Oresharski speaks on Budget revision

July 5, 2013July 5, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Plamen Oresharski

Plamen Oresharski has outlined why the Bulgarian Socialist Party government wants to revise the 2013 Budget and has criticised the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Orthodox Church Patriarch: Leaders should serve the people

July 5, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Bulgarian Orthodox Church Patriarch Neofit says that God puts people in positions of leadership not to satisfy their personal ambitions

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to find money for overtime pay for police monitoring protests

July 5, 2013July 10, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Peevski protests

Bulgaria’s peaceful anti-government protests, that enter their 22nd day on July 5 2013, are overstretching police personnel and finances, according

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s protests, inspections against cheap vegetable imports continue

July 4, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgarian vegetable producers are continuing their protest campaign against cheap imported vegetables from neighbouring countries Romania, Macedonia, Turkey and Greece

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian health insurance fund chief sacked

July 4, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Parliament voted on July 3 to fire the head of the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF), Plamen Tsekov, citing

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Bulgaria 

Moody’s: Bulgaria’s rating supported by diversification of economy, strong finances

July 4, 2013July 4, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Credit ratings agency Moody’s said in its annual report on Bulgaria that the country’s Baa2 rating is supported by the

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Bulgaria 

Economic growth to improve ‘only slightly’ in Bulgaria in 2013, IMF says

July 4, 2013July 10, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff IMF

Despite the unsettled political situation in Bulgaria, hard-earned macroeconomic and financial stability—which has helped to insulate Bulgaria from the severest

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