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Complaint against vote in Turkey in Bulgaria’s elections referred to Constitutional Court

October 23, 2014October 25, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian election 2014

Bulgaria’s Supreme Administrative Court decided on October 23 to refer to the Constitutional Court various complaints related to the October

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Bulgaria’s coalition drama: GERB, ABC in ‘constructive’ talks but differences remain

October 23, 2014October 25, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian election 2014

Bulgaria’s minority socialist ABC party cannot participate in a centre-right coalition, negotiator Ivailo Kalfin said after talks with election winner

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Cabinet names new head of State Agency for Bulgarians Abroad after short-lived controversial appointment

October 23, 2014October 23, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgaria’s caretaker cabinet has appointed another new head of the State Agency for Bulgarians Abroad after the previous appointee stepped

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Bulgaria’s coalition drama: Reformist Bloc sees Patriotic Front as ‘acceptable’ partner

October 22, 2014October 23, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian election 2014

The Reformist Bloc sees the best possible government for Bulgaria as a centre-right coalition and sees the nationalist Patriotic Front

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Close to half of residence permits granted by Bulgaria in 2013 were to Russians

October 22, 2014October 23, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Eurostat, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine

Bulgaria granted 6436 residence permits in 2013, more than 45 per cent of these to Russians, according to figures released

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Bulgaria braces for bad weather, possible snow

October 22, 2014October 23, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

The sunny spell over Bulgaria is set to come to an end on Thursday, October 23, when temperatures are expected

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Bulgarian court sentences Brit to six months’ suspended and 5000 leva fine for taking eggs from protected bird species

October 22, 2014October 22, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

A court in the Bulgarian Black Sea city of Bourgas has given a British citizen six months’ suspended sentence and

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Bulgarian cabinet to donate firewood to four flood-hit municipalities

October 22, 2014October 22, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff floods

Bulgaria’s caretaker cabinet was scheduled on October 22 to approve a donation of 1500 cubic metres of firewood to residents

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US Sixth Fleet flagship Mount Whitney to visit Bulgaria’s Bourgas on October 24

October 22, 2014October 22, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, Nato

The US Sixth Fleet flagship Mount Whitney, one of two US Navy vessels currently in the Black Sea, is to

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