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Bulgarian volleyball gets last shot at London Olympics

June 8, 2012June 8, 2012 Alex Bivol

Football may be Bulgaria’s most popular sport, but for the past decade and a half, the men’s national volleyball team

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driving
Bulgaria News 

Refusing drink-driving checks could cost Bulgarian motorists dearly

June 8, 2012June 8, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Proposals are being put forward in Bulgaria to hugely increase penalties for motorists refusing to have their blood-alcohol levels tested.

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Bulgaria Business News 

Bulgaria set to abandon civil service pension reform – report

June 7, 2012 Alex Bivol

Despite making the issue a priority ever since the current Cabinet took office, the Finance Ministry now appears unlikely to

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Bulgaria 

Recycling machines will be tested for the first time in Bulgaria

June 7, 2012June 7, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Recycling machines will be tested in Sofia and Dimitrovgrad from September 2012, according to the Association of Recycling Industry (ARI),

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Central Intelligence Agency director David Petraeus
Bulgaria News 

Visiting Bulgaria, CIA chief Petraeus praises country’s efforts against terrorism, crime

June 7, 2012June 8, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Central Intelligence Agency director David Petraeus, who visited Bulgaria from June 5 to 7 2012, praised the Bulgarian Government’s efforts

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Bulgarian prime minister Boiko Borissov photo by european peoples party
Bulgaria News 

Approval rating of Bulgarian Government has increased 3% y/y – poll

June 7, 2012June 7, 2012 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

The approval rating ofBulgaria’s centre-right GERB Government headed by Prime Minister Boiko Borissov increased year-on-year by three per cent to

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Bulgaria Business News 

Bulgaria’s proposed 950 million euro bond issue clears Parliament committees

June 6, 2012June 6, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s budget and foreign policy committees approved at a joint meeting on June 6 the Government draft bill for a

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Bulgaria Leisure News 

Bulgaria’s food agency wants changes to rules on all-inclusive hotels

June 6, 2012June 6, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s summer tourist season is getting underway and the Food Safety Agency is proposing that all-inclusive holiday packages may be offered

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria launches new campaign against cybercrime

June 6, 2012June 6, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s chief directorate for combatting organised crime (CDCOC) has launched a new campaign aimed at fighting cybercrime, public broadcaster Bulgarian

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