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Germany joins UK in fear of Romanian, Bulgarian flood

February 28, 2013May 22, 2013 The Budapest Times

German Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich called on Bulgaria and Romania on Monday to take measures to tackle emigration to wealthier

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Bulgaria Business News 

Way open for electricity prices in Bulgaria to fall in March, but by how much remains unknown

February 28, 2013May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff energy

The amendments to the Energy Act approved by Bulgaria’s Parliament on February 27 2013 could open the way for a

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Bulgaria Business News 

Bulgaria signs contract for Strouma motorway construction

February 27, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff motorways

Bulgaria’s acting Regional Development Minister Lilyana Pavlova signed on February 27 the contract for the construction of the 37km section

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Bulgaria Business News 

Bulgarian MPs shut down Belene proposal in Parliament

February 27, 2013May 27, 2013 Alex Bivol Belene, energy

Bulgaria’s Parliament voted on February 27 a motion that supported the Cabinet’s decision to shelve the proposed nuclear power plant

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian President to name parliamentary election date on February 28, and other stories

February 27, 2013February 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s continuing political crisis continued to unfold on February 27, with episodes through the day ranging from formal ritual to

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian Patriarch Neofit rejects reports he will join nationwide protest on March 3

February 27, 2013February 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The new Patriarch of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Neofit, has rejected reports in the mass-circulation media that he will join

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Bulgaria News 

Socialists to offer Bulgarian people radical change, Stanishev says

February 27, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Sergei Stanishev

The Bulgarian Socialist Party will present to people a programme for radical change to create a social and democratic Bulgaria,

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Bulgarian prosecutors, tax authorities investigate electricity distribution companies

February 27, 2013May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Three teams of prosecutors and National Revenue Agency (NRA) inspectors were sent to the headquarters of Bulgaria’s three privately-owned electricity

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Bulgaria News 

Investigations continue into Borissov’s allegation that Dogan ordered his murder

February 27, 2013February 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s State Agency for National Security is continuing its investigation into the allegation by Boiko Borissov that veteran Bulgarian Turkish

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