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Bulgaria sheds support for euro, image of EU – Eurostat

December 23, 2015January 4, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff euro zone, Eurostat

Just 37 per cent of Bulgarians are in favour of the euro, a drop of six percentage points in recent

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Bulgarian court rejects case over ownership of Alexander Nevsky cathedral

December 23, 2015January 4, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Sofia

Bulgaria’s Supreme Administrative Court has rejected a court action challenging the proceedings by which the Cabinet awarded ownership of Sofia’s

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Ban on heavy vehicles on motorways, extra trains and buses as Bulgaria begins Festive Season exodus

December 23, 2015December 24, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, Plovdiv, Sofia, Varna

A ban on the movement of heavy vehicles on motorways and main roads came into effect on December 23 in

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MRF founder Dogan hits out at party leader over Turkey-Russia declaration ‘gaffe’

December 23, 2015December 24, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Ahmed Dogan, Nato, Russia, Turkey

Ahmed Dogan, founder of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms – the party led and supported in the main by

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Bulgarian Prosecutor-General challenges prosecution of communist crimes in Constitutional Court

December 22, 2015December 24, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

Bulgarian Prosecutor-General Sotir Tsatsarov has lodged a challenge in the Constitutional Court to amendments approved by Parliament in September lifting

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Bulgarian birth rate drops 6.5% year-on-year

December 22, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

A total of 58 140 children were born in Bulgaria between January 1 and December 20 2015, 4037 – or

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Foreign ministers: Bulgaria could be gateway for Iranian natural gas to Europe

December 22, 2015December 23, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency

Iran can serve as a gateway for Bulgarian goods to third-country markets, Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov said at a meeting

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Bulgarian Foreign Minister in talks with Iranian president in Tehran

December 21, 2015December 22, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov and Iranian president Hassan Rouhani have held talks covering what official statements described as good

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Borissov’s GERB: Bulgaria’s ruling coalition is stable

December 18, 2015December 22, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Bulgaria’s ruling coalition is stable and any attempts to undermine confidence in its artificially will result in nothing more than

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