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Three dead, four missing, in floods in Bulgaria’s Varna

June 19, 2014June 20, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Varna, Varna floods

Three people – a man, woman and child, believed to be a family – died as heavy rain on June

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Varna, other towns hard-hit as torrential rains cause power cuts, floods chaos in parts of Bulgaria

June 19, 2014June 20, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, Sofia, Varna, Varna floods

The latest bout of torrential rains on June 19 brought further flooding, power cuts and chaos to parts of Bulgaria

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Bulgaria’s political crisis: Another day of grandstanding and mudslinging

June 19, 2014May 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Peevski protests, Sergei Stanishev

Boiko Borissov saying he will not take part in consultations with other parties because they do not keep their word,

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Bulgaria granted protection to 2495 asylum seekers, mostly Syrians, in 2013

June 19, 2014June 19, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Syrian refugees

Bulgaria granted protection status to 2495 asylum seekers in 2013, with Syrians making up the largest single group at 81

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Bulgarian Parliament overturns presidential veto on Interior Ministry bill

June 19, 2014June 20, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgaria’s lawmakers voted on June 19 to overturn President Rossen Plevneliev’s veto on the amendments to the new Interior Ministry

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Bulgaria could see new record wheat crop in 2014 – agriculture minister

June 19, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency

Forecasts are that Bulgaria will see five million tons of wheat and between 700 and 800 tons of barley harvested

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Emergency declared in three Sofia municipalities after torrential rain

June 19, 2014June 19, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

A state of emergency has been declared in three municipalities in the Sofia region after the thunderstorm and torrential rain

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Bulgarian prosecutors backtrack on ‘murder plot’ against Peevski

June 18, 2014June 19, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Prosecutor-General Sotir Tsatsarov said on June 18 that there was no evidence of a plot to murder controversial figure

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Parliamentary votes postponed amid Bulgaria’s political drama

June 18, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Bulgaria’s National Assembly postponed two key votes on June 18, one on overturning a presidential veto of the Interior Ministry

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