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Bulgaria to set up telecom network for state administration – report

December 13, 2012December 13, 2012 VOANews

Bulgaria planned to build a self-contained telecom network for the use of the state administration, saving millions of leva in

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Bulgaria Leisure News 

Helicopters to be on standby to assist in rescues at Bulgarian winter resorts

December 13, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Two helicopters will be on standby to assist in mountain rescues at Bulgaria’s popular Bansko and Borovets ski resorts while

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Bulgaria Europe News 

Illegal drugs and stolen goods seized in international operation at 28 European airports

December 13, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Couriers have been arrested and drugs and stolen goods seized as law enforcement authorities from 15 countries carried out a

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Bulgaria News 

President Plevneliev discusses Bulgarian – African trade ties with African ambassadors in Sofia

December 13, 2012December 13, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

The state of trade, economic and political ties with African countries were discussed at a December 12 2012 meeting between

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian Defence Minister’s proposed jet fighter acquisition plan fails to get Cabinet approval

December 12, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

A proposal by Bulgarian Defence Minister Anyu Angelov to go ahead with direct negotiations on buying jet fighter aircraft without

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian PM Borissov firmly against lifting smoking ban, ruling party MPs divided

December 12, 2012December 12, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov says that he firmly supports the June 2012 law fully banning smoking in enclosed public

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Bulgaria Europe News 

Sofia and Skopje speak on EU ministers’ postponement of decision on accession talks with Macedonia

December 12, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Leaders in the Bulgarian capital Sofia and the Macedonian capital Skopje have spoken out in response to the decision by

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian hoteliers and restaurateurs threaten civil disobedience unless smoking ban laws changed

December 12, 2012December 12, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian hoteliers and restaurateurs will deliberately allow the breaking of the country’s law against smoking in enclosed public places unless

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Bulgaria News 

Archaeology: Basilica from the time of Constantine the Great found at Sofia’s Serdica West Gate

December 12, 2012December 12, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Archaeologists in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia have found a basilica said to date from the time of emperor Constantine the

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