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Bulgaria facing EU sanctions over South Stream – Barroso

May 28, 2014June 4, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission, South Stream

Outgoing European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso said that the EC was planning to begin infringement proceedings against Bulgaria for

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Bulgaria 

Ataka to call for nullification of European Parliament results, calls no-confidence vote a ‘farce’

May 28, 2014May 29, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s far-right ultra-nationalist party Ataka, fresh from winning no seats in the country’s European Parliament elections, has ignored calls from

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Bulgaria 

Archaeology: 2014 excavation season opens in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv

May 28, 2014May 29, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Plovdiv

The public will be able to get a glimpse of the work being done in the centre of Bulgaria’s second

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian governing party, opposition in tussle over European Commissioner candidate

May 27, 2014May 27, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, European elections 2014, Sergei Stanishev

In spite of its disastrous performance in Bulgaria’s European Parliament elections, the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) – current holder of

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Bulgaria 

New preferential voting system raises eyebrows in Bulgaria’s European elections

May 27, 2014May 28, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European elections 2014

Fascination and even amusement were among reactions after indications that Bulgarians had used their new preferential voting option in the

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Bulgaria 

Borissov: The government is a zombie and parliament has no legitimacy

May 26, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, European elections 2014

Referring scathingly to Plamen Oresharski as the ex-prime minister, the government as “a zombie, dead” and decrying the current parliament

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Bulgaria 

European elections 2014: Borissov’s GERB scores clear win, partial results show

May 26, 2014May 28, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European elections 2014

Boiko Borissov’s opposition centre-right party GERB will win the most votes in Bulgaria’s May 25 European Parliament elections, the country’s

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian court acquits former interior minister on embezzlement charges

May 26, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Tsvetan Tsvetanov

The Sofia City Court said on May 26 that it found Tsvetan Tsvetanov, MP for opposition party GERB who served

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Bulgaria 

European elections 2014: Unlike elsewhere in EU, far-right in reverse in Bulgaria

May 26, 2014May 26, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency European elections 2014, Volen Siderov

What the French prime minister reportedly described as the “political earthquake” of the rise of far-right parties in European Parliament

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