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Restructuring of Bulgaria’s law enforcement slowed efforts against illegal drugs – report

March 19, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

International drug trafficking organisations continue to traffic cocaine, heroin, synthetic drugs, and increasingly chemical precursors through Bulgaria into consumer countries

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Bulgaria 

Legal certainty essential to attract investors, Bulgarian President tells Parliament

March 19, 2015March 23, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

To attract investors and not oligarchs, legal certainty is essential, Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev said in a special address to

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Bulgaria 

Pending cases in ECHR against Bulgaria decreasing, cabinet says

March 18, 2015March 18, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s cabinet has adopted and is to table in Parliament a summarised annual report on the implementation of rulings of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian MPs pass bank insolvency amendments

March 18, 2015March 20, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Bulgaria’s Parliament passed at second reading on March 18 the bill of amendments to the Bank Insolvency Act, which envision

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Bulgaria 

New head of State Agency for Bulgarians abroad appointed

March 18, 2015March 18, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

The cabinet has appointed Boris Vangelov, a legal adviser for the VMRO Foundation and formerly a parliamentary candidate for the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian cabinet proposes new head of State Agency for National Security

March 18, 2015March 20, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s cabinet nominated former deputy interior minister Dimitar Georgiev as the new head of the State Agency for National Security

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Bulgaria 

Nato will not allow aggression against any ally – deputy commander Europe

March 18, 2015March 20, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Ukraine

Nato stands by the principles of collective defence and will not allow aggression by a state against any ally, the

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Bulgaria 

In Moscow, Bulgarian Socialist Party bemoans sanctions against Russia

March 18, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Russia

Sanctions against Russia are inefficient, adversely affect inter-parliamentary relations between Bulgaria and Russia and are having a negative impact on

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Bulgaria 

Lufthansa pilot strike to affect 10 Sofia flights on March 18 – updated

March 17, 2015March 17, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

A total of 10 direct flights between Sofia and the airports in Munich and Frankfurt on March 18 have been cancelled

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