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Bulgarian President calls national security council meeting on state of armed forces

April 9, 2015April 9, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev has called a meeting of the Consultative Council on National Security for April 27 to discuss

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Bulgaria 

Probe against former Bulgarian Parliament deputy speaker heads to court

April 9, 2015April 14, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s prosecutor’s office said on April 9 that it has finished the investigation against Hristo Biserov, a former deputy leader

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Bulgarian prosecutors indict three auditors in CCB investigation

April 8, 2015April 9, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Bulgaria’s prosecutor’s office said on April 8 that it pressed charges of mismanagement against three auditors as part of the

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Bulgaria bans munitions imports and transportation

April 8, 2015April 8, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Cabinet decided on April 8 to ban the import and transportation of munitions from other EU member states for

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Bulgarian socialists slam Cabinet over Russian pipeline plans

April 8, 2015April 8, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, South Stream

Bulgaria’s two left-wing parliamentary parties criticised the Cabinet on April 8 over the absence of any Bulgarian officials at a

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Sofia airport traffic congested by boulevard collapse

April 8, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Traffic to and from Sofia’s international airport was disrupted on April 8 by the partial collapse on Brussels Boulevard, the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to step up efforts to solve looming tax dispute with Greece

April 7, 2015April 14, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Bulgaria will seek a diplomatic solution to the looming confrontation with Greece over Athens’ plans to introduce a tax on

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Bulgaria 

Second former central bank official indicted in CCB investigation

April 7, 2015April 9, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Bulgaria’s prosecutor’s office said on April 7 that it pressed charges of malfeasance in office against former Bulgarian National Bank

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Bulgarian doctors strike on World Health Day

April 7, 2015April 7, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Doctors across Bulgaria joined a protest against new hospital funding rules on April 7, the day that the World Health

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