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Bulgarian President’s consultative council re-iterates commitment to growth targets

February 4, 2014February 10, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev, Volen Siderov

Bulgaria’s Consultative Council on National Security re-iterated on February 4 the commitment of all political parties in Parliament to work

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s former conflict of interest commission chief indicted on abuse of power charges

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

Bulgaria’s Prosecutor’s Office said on February 4 that it has filed the indictment against Filip Zlatanov, the former chairperson of

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Bulgaria 

Former Bulgarian MP denied appeal, will serve effective prison sentence

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

Former Bulgarian MP Mithat Tabakov lost the final appeal to have a five-year prison sentence overturned and was in custody

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria opens new road to border checkpoint with Greece

February 4, 2014February 4, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Bulgaria’s Regional Development Minister Dessislava Terzieva officially unveiled the new road stretch between Kurdjali and Podkova in southeastern Bulgaria on

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Permit problem causes lorry queues at Bulgarian-Turkish border

February 3, 2014February 3, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Turkey

A continuing dispute about the issuing of transit permits led to a two-kilometre queue of lorries at the Bulgarian-Turkish border

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Plevneliev in call on State Security records as Bulgaria remembers victims of communism

February 1, 2014February 10, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Dossier Commission, Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev has issued a strong call against attempts to re-bury communist-era secret service records and to manipulate

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Socialist Party ‘withdraws trust’ in Purvanov group

February 1, 2014February 10, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Georgi Purvanov, Sergei Stanishev

The Bulgarian Socialist Party national council has “withdrawn political trust” in Georgi Purvanov and prominent members of his rival faction

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Bulgaria 

Left side story: Purvanov turns down Stanishev overture

January 31, 2014February 1, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Georgi Purvanov, Sergei Stanishev

Those Sharks and Jets of socialist politics in Bulgaria, Sergei Stanishev’s Bulgarian Socialist Party and Georgi Purvanov’s ABC, remained at

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Bulgaria 

IMF urges Bulgaria to pursue ‘bold reforms’ in annual review

January 31, 2014January 31, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff IMF, macroeconomic indicators

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) urged Bulgaria to pursue “bold structural reforms […] to lift growth, create jobs, and enhance

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