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Heightened security continues at Bulgarian airports, bus, rail stations after terrorist suicide bombing

July 22, 2012July 22, 2012 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Heightened security measures remain in place at Bulgaria’s airports, ports, bus and railway stations and post office, on the orders

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Ireland removes labour market restrictions on Bulgarians and Romanians

July 22, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Ireland has decided to remove labour market restrictions on Bulgarians and Romanians with immediate effect, according to a statement on

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US ambassador-designate to Bulgaria Marcie Ries spells out priorities

July 21, 2012July 22, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Appearing in front of the US senate foreign relations committee on July 18 2012, US ambassador-designate in Sofia, Marcie B

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Bulgaria News 

AUBG Provost Cyrus Reed dies after serious vehicle accident

July 21, 2012July 22, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Dr Wm Cyrus Reed, who was Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at the American University in Bulgaria, has

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Bulgaria News 

Facebook was among the main sources of information on the Forestry Act protests

July 20, 2012July 20, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

The social network Facebook was among the main sources of information on the recent protests against the amendments to Bulgaria’s

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Opposition parties criticise Bulgarian Government’s ‘failings’ over Bourgas terrorist bomb attack

July 20, 2012July 21, 2012 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

In the wake of the July 18 suicide bombing attack on Israeli tourists at BourgasAirport, which left seven people dead and

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Investigation continues into identity of suicide bomber at Bulgaria’s Bourgas Airport : Latest update

July 20, 2012July 20, 2012 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Investigations are continuing into the identity of the suicide bomber whose July 18 terrorist attack on Israeli tourists at Bulgaria’s

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Socialists, Dogan’s party table motion of no confidence in Borissov Cabinet over CVM report

July 20, 2012July 20, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Seventy-four members of Parliament, mostly from the opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party and Ahmed Dogan’s Movement for Rights and Freedoms, have

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Interpol deploying team to assist Bulgarian investigation into suicide terrorist bomb attack on Israeli tour bus

July 20, 2012July 20, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Interpol is to deploy an Incident Response Team (IRT) to Bulgaria to assist national authorities in their investigation into the

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