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Bulgarian Prosecutor-General to request removal of immunity of at least five MPs

October 30, 2014October 31, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Tsvetan Tsvetanov, Volen Siderov

Bulgaria’s Prosecutor-General Sotir Tsatsarov said on October 30 that he would be requesting the removal of the immunity from prosecution

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Coalition government formula continues to elude Bulgaria

October 30, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov

Twenty-five days after Bulgaria’s October 5 2014 early parliamentary elections, talks on finding a formula to set up a government

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Bulgarian archaeologists find skeleton of child buried with anti-vampire ritual

October 30, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology

The skeleton of a child whose legs had been bound after death in an anti-vampire ritual has been found by

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria central bank governor says will resign ‘after solving CCB problem’

October 29, 2014October 31, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) governor Ivan Iskrov re-iterated on October 29 his readiness to resign his position, but made such

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s energy minister: Reduced pressure in gas supply no cause for concern

October 29, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff energy, Russia

There is no reason for concern because of the reduced pressure in supply to Bulgaria’s gas transmission network in the

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EPP leader Daul: Bulgaria should have centre-right government with Borissov as PM

October 29, 2014October 31, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Bulgaria should have a centre-right government headed by Boiko Borissov working on a programme jointly drawn up, the leader of

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Bulgaria’s coalition drama: Still some way to go

October 29, 2014October 30, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Rossen Plevneliev

The process of seeking to come up with a government after Bulgaria’s October 5 early parliamentary elections still has some

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Bulgaria 

Twelve former State Security agents in Bulgaria’s new National Assembly

October 29, 2014October 29, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Dossier Commission

Twelve members of Bulgaria’s 240-member 43rd National Assembly, that took office on October 27, formerly worked for the country’s communist-era secret

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Bulgaria’s Reformist Bloc: GERB’s proposed government should include Patriotic Front

October 28, 2014October 30, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Soon after GERB leader Boiko Borissov said that the only option to him was to form a minority government with

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