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Bulgaria’s 2013 elections: The numbers

May 10, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian election 2013

These are some of the key numbers in Bulgaria’s May 12 2013 national parliamentary elections. The electorate: 6 868 455

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria’s 2013 elections: Poll to poll

May 10, 2013May 27, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian election 2013

Given the apparently significant numbers of undecided voters, wildly varying estimates of turnout and the possibility of an indecisive result,

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Bulgaria Europe News 

Bulgarian lorry drivers block border with Turkey, claim discrimination

May 9, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Turkey

Hundreds of Bulgarian lorry drivers blocked the two main checkpoints on the border with Turkey on May 9 in protest

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Bulgaria News 

‘The Cross in European Culture’ exhibition opens in Sofia on May 13

May 9, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

An exhibition entitled “The Cross in European Culture”, organised by the embassy of Ireland at the National Ethnographic Museum in

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Bulgaria News 

2013 Sofia Science Festival opens on May 9

May 9, 2013May 4, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia, Sofia Science Festival

This year’s Sofia Science Festival is from May 9 to 12 in Oborishte Park in the centre of the Bulgarian

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Bulgaria 

Russia Watch: Behind Putin’s smile for Kerry

May 8, 2013May 27, 2013 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief Russia

When Vladimir Putin smiles, take notice. A Russian friend once commented to me that one thing she likes about her

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Nabucco pipeline secures Bulgarian environmental permit

May 8, 2013May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff energy

The consortium behind the planned Nabucco gas pipeline said on May 8 that it has received all the necessary environmental

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria’s 2013 elections: When mudslinging sticks

May 8, 2013May 27, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian election 2013

One big issue ahead of Bulgaria’s May 12 2013 parliamentary elections is whether the eavesdropping controversy will have an impact

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Bulgarian prosecutors investigating 20 cases of alleged electoral fraud

May 8, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian election 2013

Bulgarian prosecutors were working on 20 investigations of alleged electoral fraud, the country’s Deputy Interior Minister Filip Gounev said on

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