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There had been prior warnings of possible terrorist attack on Israelis in Bulgaria, head of Shalom says

July 19, 2012July 19, 2012 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

There had been prior warnings of the possibility of terrorist attacks against Israelis in Bulgaria and against Israeli community places

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Bulgaria News World 

Suicide bomber committed Bourgas Airport terrorist attack, Bulgaria’s Interior Minister says

July 19, 2012July 19, 2012 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

The July 18 2012 terrorist attack on a group of Israeli tourists at Bulgaria’s Bourgas Airport that left seven people

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Bulgaria News World 

Israel sending experts to assist Bourgas bomb investigation, plane to take injured home

July 18, 2012July 18, 2012 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Israel’s foreign ministry has formed a team of experts to fly to Bourgas and assist local authorities in the investigation

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Bulgaria News World 

Israeli PM Netanyahu: Iran behind terrorist bomb attack in Bulgaria’s Bourgas

July 18, 2012July 18, 2012 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on July 18 2012 that “all signs” regarding the bomb explosion on a bus

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Six dead, more than 20 injured in explosion on bus carrying Israeli tourists at Bulgaria’s Bourgas airport: Updated

July 18, 2012July 18, 2012 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Six people are dead and more than 20 injured after an explosion on a bus carrying Israeli tourists at  the

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Bulgaria Europe News 

EC report makes clear Bulgaria has a long way to go against organised crime, corruption

July 18, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

The message in the European Commission’s five-year report on Bulgaria’s progress towards European Union standards in justice and home affairs

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Bulgaria News Perspectives 

Commentary: Bulgaria’s perils on the path to a print media law

July 18, 2012July 18, 2012 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Boiko Borissov, annoyed at newspaper antics and alleging that some of his country’s journalists are “serving the

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Bulgaria News 

Parts of Bulgarian capital city Sofia to be without hot water for two months

July 18, 2012July 18, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Parts of Bulgarian capital city Sofia will be without hot water for periods ranging from just more than two weeks

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Bulgaria Europe News 

Political fallout from EC five-year report on Bulgaria’s anti-crime performance

July 18, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

Even before its official release on July 18 of the European Commission’s report on Bulgaria’s performance in the past five

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