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Boiko Borissov and ‘Buddha’: Future and past tense

February 8, 2013February 8, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

The drip-feed of new posts of documents purporting to prove that Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov was some sort of

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Bulgaria Business News 

Bulgaria clears way for Plovdiv Fair sell-off

February 7, 2013February 7, 2013 Alex Bivol

Bulgaria’s Parliament approved on February 7 a motion to remove Plovdiv International Fair from the list of companies under a

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The headquarters in Sofia of the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. Photo: Clive Leviev-Sawyer
Bulgaria News 

Bulgarians see business ties, luxury as Church’s biggest problem – poll

February 7, 2013February 7, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Nearly half the respondents in a poll carried out by polling agency BBSS Gallup saw the Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s (BOC)

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Bulgaria News World 

Hezbollah website highlights Bulgarian socialists’ Stanishev’s dissent on blame for Bourgas terrorist attack

February 6, 2013June 2, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bourgas terrorist attack, Sergei Stanishev

The criticism levelled by opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party leader Sergei Stanishev of the Bulgarian government’s statement that the investigation into

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Bulgaria Business News 

Bulgarian Cabinet asks Parliament for Bourgas-Alexandroupolis exit

February 6, 2013May 22, 2013 Alex Bivol energy

Bulgaria’s Cabinet said on February 6 that it has filed an motion in Parliament to exit the intergovernmental agreement with

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian Cabinet approves 150M leva for infrastructure projects

February 6, 2013June 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff motorways

Bulgaria’s Government approved on February 6 the allocation of 150 million leva to ongoing infrastructure projects, the Government’s media office

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian Parliament confirms Stefan Vodenicharov as Education Minister

February 6, 2013February 6, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Parliament voted on February 6 to confirm the president of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Stefan Vodenicharov, as the

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Bulgaria News World 

We know where the Bourgas suicide bomber’s accomplices are, Bulgarian official says

February 6, 2013June 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas terrorist attack

The identities and current location of the three accomplices of the Bourgas Airport terrorist suicide bomber, who took the lives

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Bulgaria News 

Two-thirds of Bulgarians (and a third of smokers) approve public smoking ban – poll

February 6, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Sixty-one per cent of Bulgarians polled in January 2013 approve of the full ban on smoking in public places such

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