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Bulgaria central bank deputy governor takes leave amid reports of investigation

June 18, 2014July 31, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) said on June 18 that its deputy governor for bank supervision, Tsvetan Gounev, has taken leave

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Bulgaria 

Agriculture: Heavy rains make Bulgarian farmer eye harvests with concern

June 18, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgaria’s farmers are watching with concern as continuous thunderstorms and heavy rains could impact harvests of wheat and barley as

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Parliament to vote on cabinet changes on June 20

June 18, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Plamen Oresharski, Sergei Stanishev

It may seem like a definitive case of rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic, but changes to Bulgaria’s cabinet will

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament rejects electoral rules referendum

June 17, 2014June 19, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Parliament rejected on June 17 proposals to hold a referendum on electoral rules, proposed earlier this year by President

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Bulgaria 

Stanishev: Political consultations will determine when government resigns

June 17, 2014June 17, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Lyutvi Mestan, Sergei Stanishev

Bulgarian Socialist Party leader Sergei Stanishev said that coming political consultations would determine when the cabinet would resign, adding that

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Bulgaria 

Date of resignation of Bulgarian cabinet remains unclear

June 17, 2014June 19, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Rossen Plevneliev

The June 17 meeting of the Consultative Council on National Security left Bulgarians little the wiser on when early parliamentary

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to hold early parliamentary elections on date between September 28 and October 12

June 17, 2014June 19, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Lyutvi Mestan, Rossen Plevneliev, Sergei Stanishev, Volen Siderov

Bulgaria is to hold early national parliamentary elections on a date between September 28 and October 12 2014, President Rossen

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Orthodox Church again calls for cancellation of Sofia Pride parade

June 17, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

The Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s governing body, the Holy Synod, has made its by-now customary call for the cancellation of the

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Bulgaria 

Investigators question Peevski over allegations by Protest Network, ‘murder plot’ against him

June 16, 2014June 19, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Peevski protests

The Sofia Investigation Service questioned controversial figure Delyan Peevski for some hours on June 16 in connection with allegations against

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