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Floods in Bulgaria: Hundreds evacuated, costs mount

February 3, 2015February 5, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff floods

More than 200 people were evacuated from the village of Odrintsi in Bulgaria’s Dobrich region on February 3, a day

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Bulgaria 

Russia behind disinformation campaign that Bulgaria is ‘secretly mobilising’ – Defence Minister

February 3, 2015February 5, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Nato, Russia, Ukraine

Bulgarian Defence Minister Nikolai Nenchev said on February 3 that he had the feeling that the rumours that his country

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Flood warning: Bulgarian PM calls on people living near Kamchiya River to be ready to evacuate

February 2, 2015February 2, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff floods, Varna

Residents of areas along the Kamchiya River should be ready to evacuate because of the danger of flooding, Bulgarian Prime Minister

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Bulgaria announces measures to prevent spread of bird flu

February 2, 2015February 5, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Food Safety Agency announced special security measures on February 2 to contain an outbreak of H5N1 bird flu in

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Bulgaria grapples with aftermath of torrential rain

February 2, 2015February 5, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff floods

Several municipalities in Bulgaria are still in dire straits after the floods of recent days, with the situation still serious

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Bulgaria ends 2014 with 3.05B leva in Budget deficit

February 2, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s consolidated budget deficit for 2014 was 3.05 billion leva, slightly higher than the 2.99 billion leva envisioned in the

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Weekend heavy rain caused millions of leva damage to Bulgaria’s roads

February 2, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

States of emergency were still in force in various parts of southern and eastern Bulgaria on February 2 after heavy

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Bulgaria’s Plevneliev holds talks with four Balkans presidents

February 2, 2015February 2, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev held talks with the presidents of four Balkans countries who attended the February 1 state funeral

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Bulgarian air crew held in Sudan freed – official

February 1, 2015February 5, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Six Bulgarian air crew members working for the World Food Programme who had been held by a rebel group had

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