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After new cocaine bust, Bulgaria vows to get Bulgarians out of international drugs trade

September 3, 2012September 4, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria is determined to get Bulgarians out of the international illegal drugs trade, Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov said a few

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Bulgaria Europe News 

Politics of Europe: Romania seems to stumble in three-legged race with Bulgaria

September 3, 2012June 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Romania

The pollsters have it that Romanian prime minister Victor Ponta’s leftist Social Democratic Party will win the largest share of

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Bulgaria Europe Leisure News 

Lufthansa cabin crew to go on strike again on September 4

September 3, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The Independent Flight Attendants Organisation (UFO) which represents most cabin crew employed by German airline Lufthansa said that there would

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Bulgaria News Sport 

Fulham’s Berbatov declines to return to Bulgarian national team

September 3, 2012September 3, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Dimitar Berbatov, newly signed at Fulham, said on September 3 2012 that he would not be returning to the Bulgarian

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Bulgaria News 

Reslessly wron: A new photo gallery of ‘English’ signs in Bulgaria

September 3, 2012September 3, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Whether you have risked a reslessly sea or a violently sea (in the latter, swimming is absolute prohibit), remember that

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Bulgaria News 

Sofia’s ‘Blue’ and ‘Green’ zones parking system in effect – not without teething troubles

September 3, 2012September 3, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

The new system of “Blue” and “Green” zones for parking in Sofia has come into effect, amid continuing controversy involving

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Bulgaria News 

Archaeology: Oldest necropolis of ancient Apollonia found in Bulgaria’s Sozopol

September 3, 2012September 3, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Archaeologists have found the long sought-after oldest necropolis of ancient Apollonia, the Black Sea town that was the predecessor to

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Bulgaria News 

SMS payment for ‘Blue Zone’ parking starts in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv

September 3, 2012September 3, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

A system of payment by mobile phone text message for parking in the “Blue Zone” in Bulgaria’s second city of

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Bulgaria Business News 

Sofia’s new metro underground railway has positive effect on nearby property prices, real estate agencies say

September 3, 2012September 3, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

The new Sofia metro underground railway line, officially opened on August 31 2012, has kept property prices in adjoining residential

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