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Bulgarian President meets foreign minister, intelligence chiefs on Ukraine

March 2, 2014March 5, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev, Ukraine

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev met foreign minister Kristian Vigenin and the heads of military intelligence and the National Intelligence Service

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President spells out detailed reasons for veto of Election Code

February 28, 2014March 4, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

President Rossen Plevneliev spelt out on February 28 the details of the reasons for the veto that he has imposed

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Rain forecast for Bulgaria’s holiday weekend

February 28, 2014February 28, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Those hoping for warm and sunny weather on the first weekend of spring – a three-day one at that, given

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Bulgaria unemployment 13.1% in January 2014, EU 10.8% – Eurostat

February 28, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Unemployment in Bulgaria in January 2014 was 13.1 per cent, up from 12.8 per cent in January 13, and higher

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Borissov’s GERB has slight lead ahead of European Parliament elections: Alpha Research poll

February 28, 2014March 4, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

If Bulgaria’s European Parliament elections were held immediately, Boiko Borissov’s centre-right party GERB would take the largest share of votes

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament to clarify ownership of Sofia’s Alexander Nevsky cathedral

February 28, 2014March 4, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Legislation is being tabled in the National Assembly to clarify the ownership of Sofia’s landmark Alexander Nevsky cathedral, handing the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: A million signatures for a referendum on electoral laws…

February 28, 2014February 28, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

Going by the claims of organisers, more than a million signatures have been collected to demand that Bulgaria’s Parliament agrees

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Roma issues, worsening media environment highlighted in US state department report on Bulgaria

February 27, 2014March 2, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

The marginalisation of the Roma minority remains Bulgaria’s most pressing human rights problem, according to the United States state department

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Bulgaria 

Turkish foreign minister bullish on trade ties with Bulgaria

February 27, 2014February 27, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Turkey

Visiting Sofia on February 27, Turkish foreign minister Ahmet Davutoglu expressed confidence that bilateral trade with Bulgaria – currently at

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