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Bulgarian Cabinet approves draft 2015 Budget

December 1, 2014December 7, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Government approved at a special meeting on December 1 the 2015 Budget bill drafted by the Finance Ministry, the

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Public protests planned against Binev heading Parliament’s committee on culture and media

December 1, 2014December 1, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Public protests are being organised by Bulgarians on Facebook against the appointment of controversial nationalist Patriotic Front MP Slavi Binev

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World AIDS Day: 2025 people in Bulgaria have HIV-Aids – Health Ministry

December 1, 2014December 3, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

A total of 2015 people in Bulgaria have HIV or AIDS, with 195 new cases reported since the beginning of

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Bulgarian cabinet approves 500 000 leva to decommission dangerous dams in move against flood risk

December 1, 2014December 7, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff floods

At a special meeting on December 1 2014, Bulgaria’s cabinet approved handing the Agriculture Ministry 500 000 leva (about 250

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MP quits parliamentary group of Bulgaria’s nationalist Patriotic Front

November 30, 2014December 3, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

A member of Parliament for Bulgaria’s nationalist coalition the Patriotic Front (PF) has quit its parliamentary group. The Patriotic Front

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Turkish ambassador: Scrapping TV news in Turkish would put Bulgaria on wrong side of history

November 30, 2014December 2, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Media, Turkey

Should Bulgaria discontinue daily news bulletins in Turkish on the public broadcaster, the country would be on the wrong side

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Bulgaria 

Media, theatre people speak out against Slavi Binev heading parliamentary culture committee

November 30, 2014December 1, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s public broadcasters and people from the theatre world have spoken out against nationalist Patriotic Front MP Slavi Binev becoming

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Bulgaria questions Cameron’s plan to limit EU migrant rights in UK

November 30, 2014December 1, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Some of the amendments proposed by UK prime minister David Cameron to the free movement of labour force raise questions

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EC agrees billion euro for employment and social inclusion in Bulgaria

November 28, 2014November 28, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission

The European Commission adopted on November 28 the Bulgarian human resource development operational programme that envisages spending more than a

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