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Bulgarians respond with humour, concern to UK immigration hysteria

January 6, 2014February 11, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency

The dampest squib of New Year 2014 was the supposed influx of thousands of Bulgarians and Romanians to the United

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarians brave fog and crowded roads to begin working year

January 5, 2014February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

In a fog and largely out of pocket, Bulgarians crowded road and rail routes back to the country’s major cities

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to borrow 900M leva on internal market in January

January 3, 2014January 3, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry plans to borrow 900 million leva (about 460 million euro) on the domestic bond market in January

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s energy distribution companies slam regulator move on electricity prices

December 27, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency energy

Bulgaria’s three electricity distribution companies have sharply criticised the regulator’s decision to cut prices, saying that it lacked a rational

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Bulgaria 

‘Bulgarian Christmas’ charity campaign raises 1.5 million leva

December 26, 2013December 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

The “Bulgarian Christmas” (Булгарска Коледа) charity campaign 2013 raised more than 1.5 million leva for the treatment of ill children.

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Bulgaria 

Thousands turn out for Bulgaria’s anti-government ‘Resignation at Christmas’ protest

December 26, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Peevski protests

Home for the holidays, Bulgarian expatriates and students studying abroad joined in the “Resignation at Christmas” anti-government protest on December

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Bulgaria 

Rail service across Bulgarian-Romanian Danube Bridge 2 to begin in February 2014 – BDZ head

December 24, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Romania

Passenger and goods train services across the Danube Bridge 2 at the Bulgarian city of Vidin and Romanian city of

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The headquarters in Sofia of the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. Photo: Clive Leviev-Sawyer
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Bulgarian Orthodox Church Holy Synod elects Bishop Yoan new Metropolitan of Varna

December 22, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Varna

By nine votes to three, the Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s governing body, the Holy Synod, elected Znepol Bishop Yoan as the

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Bulgaria 

The Sofia Globe during the Festive Season

December 20, 2013May 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

The Sofia Globe will continue to report the most important news from around Bulgaria, Europe and the rest of the

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