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Bulgaria to test siren system in 11 cities on April 1 2015

March 31, 2015April 1, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv, Sofia, Varna

The early warning siren system will be tested in Sofia and 10 other cities on April 1 2015 at 1pm,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to impose speed limits on parts of Trakiya, Hemus motorways

March 30, 2015March 30, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s road authorities will impose a 90km/h speed limit on parts of Trakiya and Hemus motorways starting April 1, Regional

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria could appoint new central bank governor in April – Finance Minister

March 27, 2015April 1, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Finance Minister Vladislav Goranov said on March 27 that he was “hopeful” that a new governor of the Bulgarian

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria Justice Minister sacks Registry Agency chief

March 27, 2015March 27, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Justice Minister Hristo Ivanov sacked the head of the Registry Agency Ventsislav Spiridonov effective immediately, the ministry said in

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Sofia metro airport line to open in first half of April 2015

March 26, 2015April 1, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

The Sofia metro underground railway extension to the airport is to open in early April 2015, according to Stoyan Bratoev,

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Bulgaria 

Clocks change in Bulgaria to summer daylight saving time on March 29 2015

March 26, 2015March 31, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Summer daylight saving time starts in Bulgaria on March 29 2015 at 3am, when clocks must be adjusted forward an

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament elects new Audit Office chief

March 26, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian lawmakers voted Tsvetan Tsvetkov as the new head of the National Audit Office (NAO) on March 26, only 11

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria scrambles to amend scrapped data retention provisions

March 26, 2015March 26, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian MPs passed amendments to the Electronic Communications Act at second reading on March 26 to replace the data retention

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Bulgaria 

European Commission opens infringement procedure against Bulgaria over restrictions against selling land to foreigners

March 26, 2015March 31, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Commission said on March 26 that it had opened an infringement procedure against Bulgaria on what the commission

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