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British embassy launches Holiday Hangover info campaign in Bulgaria

June 10, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, tourism

The British embassy to Bulgaria launched the Holiday Hangover information and prevention campaign in Slunchev Bryag (Sunny Beach) seaside resort

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Bulgaria 

Norway grants 12M euro to aid Bulgarian civil society

June 10, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Norway is providing 12 million euro to strengthen civil society in Bulgaria, Norwegian ambassador Guro Katharina Vikor said on June

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Bulgaria 

MRF MP to face organised crime, tax evasion charges

June 9, 2013June 9, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

A member of Parliament for the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF), Petar Angelov, is to give up his immunity

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Bulgaria 

Oresharski, Georgieva discuss negotiations on EU budget

June 9, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Plamen Oresharski

Plamen Oresharski, Prime Minister in the Bulgarian Socialist Party government, and European Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva held talks on June 9,

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Bulgaria Leisure 

Bulgaria’s Sunny Beach resort opens 2013 summer season

June 9, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff beaches

The Bulgarian Black Sea resort of Sunny Beach opened its 2013 summer season on June 8 with a big concert

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Bulgaria 

Kristalina Georgieva: No danger of floods in Bulgaria

June 9, 2013June 11, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Hungary

The Danube would peak around June 13 and 14 in the region of Bulgaria and Romania but there was no

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Bulgaria 

UK ambassador to meet Bulgarian Foreign Minister on Hezbollah

June 9, 2013June 14, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bourgas terrorist attack, Kristian Vigenin

The UK ambassador in Sofia, Jonathan Allen, is to meet Foreign Minister Kristian Vigenin to discuss Bulgaria’s position on the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Cabinet revamps utilities regulator line-up

June 6, 2013June 6, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s Government has appointed Anzhela Toneva as the new head of the State Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (SEWRC) and

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Bulgaria 

Borissov’s GERB delays sitting of Parliament

June 6, 2013June 7, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

In a move apparently designed to trip up the proceedings of Parliament as a show of force, Boiko Borissov’s GERB

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