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Bulgarian police arrest Sofia armoured cash van heist gang

November 28, 2012November 28, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s anti-organised crime police working together with other officers arrested a gang in Sofia that had carried out armed assaults

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Bulgarian ‘radical Islam’ trial hears testimony of alleged hate speech against Christians and Jews

November 28, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Witnesses whose identities may not be disclosed have given evidence of alleged hate speech against Christians, Jews and non-Muslims by

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Travel: Of potty politicians, airports and airlines and ‘low cost’ profits

November 28, 2012 Mark Thomas

Anyone who has flown into or out of Sofia’s relatively new airport will almost certainly applaud its efficiency and simplicity,

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian Orthodox Church to elect new Patriarch on February 24

November 28, 2012November 28, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

An electoral college of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church is to elect a new Patriarch of the church on February 24

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Spate of bomb hoax calls in Bulgaria continues

November 28, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

The series of fake bomb warning phone calls in Bulgaria continued on November 28 2012 with a hoax call that

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Bulgarian PM Borissov to visit White House on December 3

November 27, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

US president Barack Obama will host Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov in the Oval Office on December 3, the White

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Antonio Banderas coming to Bulgaria for filming of sci-fi movie Autómata

November 27, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Spanish actor Antonio Banderas is to come to Bulgaria to film scenes for his forthcoming sci-film Autómata, of which he

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Bulgaria’s political battle lines over nuclear energy referendum

November 27, 2012June 2, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Belene, nuclear

The political picture that emerges as Bulgaria’s parties line up their positions regarding the January 27 2013 referendum on the

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Central bank governor Iskrov underlines strength of Bulgarian banking system

November 27, 2012November 27, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Ivan Iskrov, governor of central Bulgarian National Bank, says that he is very proud of the strength of local banking

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