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Bulgarian MPs reject motion of no confidence

July 26, 2012July 26, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Parliament voted down on July 25 a motion of no confidence in the Government of Prime Minister Boiko Borissov,

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Israeli security consultant: ‘Security at Bourgas airport failed’

July 25, 2012 Alex Bivol

The security at Bourgas airport, where a terrorist attack the took the lives of five Israeli tourists and a Bulgarian

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Bulgaria condemns spate of bomb attacks in Iraq

July 25, 2012July 26, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria categorically condemns the series of bombings and attacks in Iraq in recent days in which more than 100 Iraqi

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Bulgarian MPs vote new Forestry Act amendments

July 25, 2012July 25, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Parliament voted at first reading the new amendments to the Forestry Act on July 25, replacing the controversial set

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Once more round the merry-go-round: Parliament debates no-confidence vote over CVM

July 24, 2012May 22, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer judiciary

The hours that ticked by in Bulgaria’s National Assembly as MPs debated the motion of no confidence in Prime Minister

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Progress in investigation into Bourgas airport suicide bomb terrorist attack, Bulgarian PM says

July 24, 2012July 25, 2012 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

There is progress in the investigation into the July 18 suicide bomb terrorist attack against Israeli tourists at Bourgas Airport,

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Hotel security assault TV crew reporting on security measures at Sunny Beach hotel

July 24, 2012July 24, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

A reporting team from public broadcaster Bulgarian National Television (BNT), covering security measures at hotels in Sunny Beach after the

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Number of people in Bulgaria sentenced for tax crimes triples to close to 2000

July 24, 2012July 24, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

A total of 1979 people in Bulgaria were sentenced for tax crimes in 2011, close to three times the number

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Searchlight Tutrakan! Bulgarian Danube alight

July 24, 2012July 24, 2012 Molly Burke Kirova

If you don’t know where the historic fishing town of Tutrakan is, you are far from alone. Visits were discouraged

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