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Bulgaria to offer South Stream restart plan

December 11, 2014December 13, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, energy, Russia, South Stream

Bulgaria intends to offer the European Commission a plan that would lead to the resuscitation of the South Stream pipeline,

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Ambulance drivers back Bulgarian Health Minister’s stance against attacks on medical teams

December 11, 2014December 12, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian medics allied to the Podkrepa medical union were to show their support for Health Minister Petar Moskov by displaying

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to set up inter-agency group on steps against ‘Islamic State’, foreign fighters

December 10, 2014December 12, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s cabinet has decided to set up an inter-agency working group at the Foreign Ministry to recommend national steps including

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Bulgaria 

Mystery of Bulgaria’s missing former security agency chief enters fifth day

December 10, 2014December 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry still has no information about the whereabouts of Petko Sertov, the former head of the State Agency

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Bulgaria 

Emergency declared in municipality in Plovdiv region as heavy rains, floods continue in southern Bulgaria

December 9, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff floods

An emergency was declared in the Saedinenie municipality in the Plovdiv region on December 9 as heavy rains and floods

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Controversy over Bulgarian Health Minister’s call on ‘barring ambulances from Roma areas’ where medics have been assaulted

December 9, 2014December 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Statements by Bulgarian Health Minister Petar Moskov that from December 8 ambulances would not respond to calls from addresses where

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria think-tank presents leaner ‘alternative Budget’ for 2015

December 9, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Sofia-based think-tank Institute for Market Economics (IME) presented on December 9 its annual “alternative Budget” for 2015 – a leaner

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Bulgarian capital Sofia ranks in top 5 most affordable cities for hotel and Airbnb

December 9, 2014December 9, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia, tourism

Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia has ranked in the top 10 most affordable cities in the world for hotel and Airbnb

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Bulgarian church clergy, laity protest against proposed promotion of controversial cleric

December 9, 2014December 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Bulgarian Orthodox Church clergy and laity held a peaceful protest outside the Sofia headquarters of the Holy Synod, the church’s

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