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More parties register for Bulgaria’s May 12 early elections

March 25, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian election 2013

The process of Bulgaria’s Central Election Commission accepting applications by political parties to register to stand in the May 12

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian protest group’s ‘Movement for Civic Control’ party spells out principles

March 25, 2013March 25, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The announcement that one of the groups of protesters in Bulgaria is to field a political party in the May

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian ports of Varna, Bourgas closed over strong winds

March 25, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, Varna

Bulgaria’s two major ports on the Black Sea, in Varna and Bourgas, were closed on March 25 because of strong

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Head of Bulgaria’s state IT firm resigns

March 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Mihail Konstantinov, a constant fixture on Bulgaria’s central electoral commission for two decades, resigned on March 22 as chairperson of

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Siderov refuses invitation to talks with caretaker PM Raykov

March 22, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Marin Raykov, Volen Siderov

Bulgaria’s minority ultra-nationalist Ataka party leader Volen Siderov has declined an invitation to talks with caretaker Prime Minister Marin Raykov

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Muslims are an integral part of the Bulgarian nation, caretaker PM tells Chief Mufti

March 22, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Marin Raykov

Muslims are an integral part of the Bulgarian nation, irrespective of their ethnicity, and should have the assurance that no

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Bulgaria 

A week in Bulgarian politics: Potshots in the shooting gallery

March 22, 2013May 27, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Marin Raykov, Sergei Stanishev, Volen Siderov

A month after the resignation of the Boiko Borissov GERB government and with less than two months to go to

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Review: Bulgarian television makes a brave start to telling the story of those who defied the Holocaust

March 22, 2013May 27, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian Jews

Imagine a continent that stood by or actively helped or actively campaigned for the mass murder of six million of

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Bulgaria Europe News 

Bulgaria to ask for ECJ delay over digital broadcast spectrum

March 21, 2013May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria plans to ask the European Commission for a delay in the EU’s Court of Justice (ECJ) lawsuit over the

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