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Bulgarian court acquits former deputy Parliament Speaker after two-day trial

December 1, 2015December 3, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Sofia City Court ruled on December 1 to acquit former MP Hristo Biserov on charges of large-scale tax evasion, breaking

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Bulgaria 

Sofia Airport terminal closed as police check van

December 1, 2015December 1, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Terminal 1 of Sofia Airport was closed to passengers on December 1 as explosives specialists checked a foreign-registered van that

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Bulgaria 

Former CCB owner’s assets worth 603.7M leva impounded in Bulgaria, Switzerland

December 1, 2015December 3, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Courts in Bulgaria and Switzerland have impounded assets worth 603.7 million leva held by Tsvetan Vassilev, the former majority shareholder

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Bulgaria 

World AIDS Day: Bulgaria reports 204 new HIV infections in 2015

December 1, 2015December 2, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

A total of 204 Bulgarians had been found to have HIV after a total of 258 000 people were tested

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Bulgaria 

Annual charity campaign Bulgarian Christmas 2015 launched, to aid seriously ill children

December 1, 2015December 2, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

The traditional annual charity campaign Bulgarian Christmas (Българската Коледа), to raise funds to provide treatment and equipment to care for

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President: Fighting climate change is moral obligation and has a sound economic case

December 1, 2015December 1, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Rossen Plevneliev

Fighting climate change is not only a moral obligation but also presents a sound economic case across the world, Bulgarian

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Q and A with American College of Sofia President Dr Richard Ewing

November 30, 2015May 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

What, and who, has most influenced your educational philosophy? The primary influence on my educational philosophy was the founder of

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Bulgaria 

Sofia court holds first hearing in trial of former MRF deputy leader Hristo Biserov

November 30, 2015November 30, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Sofia City Court held on November 30 the first hearing in the trial against former MP Hristo Biserov, who stands

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament asked to lift Ataka’s Siderov immunity for older incidents

November 30, 2015November 30, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Volen Siderov

Bulgaria’s Prosecutor-General Sotir Tsatsarov has asked Parliament to give its permission to investigate Ataka party leader Volen Siderov for two

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