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Bulgaria’s competition watchdog accuses electricity distributors of unfair competition

May 13, 2014May 13, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) became the latest state regulator to announce administrative proceedings against the country’s three

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s European Parliament elections: Notebook, May 13

May 13, 2014May 13, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European elections 2014

Bulgaria’s far-right ultra-nationalist party Ataka hardly is worth writing about in these European Parliament elections, given that Volen Siderov’s cohorts

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Bulgaria 

Half a million Bulgarians addicted to alcohol, World Health Organisation says

May 13, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

More than half a million Bulgarians are addicted to alcohol and almost half of these drink in such quantities that

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian identity theft victim struggles to persuade authorities he is alive

May 13, 2014May 15, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

A Bulgarian man has been trapped in a bureaucratic hell after falling victim to identity theft which led not only

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Bulgaria 

Large turnout for Bulgaria’s ‘333’ anti-government protest

May 13, 2014May 15, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European elections 2014, Peevski protests

More than 1000 people turned out for the “333” anti-government protest in Sofia on May 12 2014. It was the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s European Parliament elections: Notebook, May 12

May 12, 2014May 12, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European elections 2014

The burning of a European Union flag in Sofia at the Soviet Army monument on May 9, celebrated by Russia

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian traffic cops catch 4288 speedsters in six-day operation

May 12, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian traffic police said that in a special operation from April 14 to 20 2014, a total of 4288 cases

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Bulgaria 

Spiegel: Germany concerned Bulgaria is Russia’s bridgehead in EU

May 12, 2014May 15, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff energy, European elections 2014, Russia

Internal reports of the German federal government have warned that Russia has increasing influence over the Bulgarian government and is

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Bulgaria 

President Plevneliev will not appear before parliamentary committee on meeting with EVN

May 11, 2014May 13, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff energy, Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev said that he would not appear before a special parliamentary committee set up to investigate his

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