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Former PM Zeman and foreign minister Schwarzenberg go to second round in Czech presidential election

January 12, 2013January 12, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Former prime minister and former social democrat party leader Miloš Zeman and foreign minister Karel Schwarzenberg are headed for the

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Bulgaria News 

Two-thirds of Bulgarians to vote yes in January 2013 nuclear referendum – poll

January 11, 2013January 11, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

About two-thirds of Bulgarians polled by the Sova Harris agency said that they would vote yes in a national referendum

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Bulgarian MPs accept presidential veto on Investment Promotion Act

January 11, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Parliament voted on January 11 to accept the veto imposed last month by President Rossen Plevneliev on certain provisions

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Bulgaria News 

Archaeological work delays completion of highway in Bulgaria

January 11, 2013June 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, motorways

Archaeologists and completion of the Trakiya motorway are delaying the construction of Maritsa highway, it has been established by checks

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European Commission to give ‘oral update’ on Bulgaria CVM

January 11, 2013June 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission, judiciary

Rather than a detailed Co-operation and Verification Mechanism (CVM) report in writing, the European Commission would give the European Council

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Bulgaria News 

Scottish pensioner handed 18-year sentence for murder in Bulgaria

January 11, 2013January 11, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Vidin District Court has sentenced David Bell Bryson, a 72-year-old Scottish pensioner who has lived in Bulgaria for the past

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World food prices dropped for third month in December 2012 – FAO

January 11, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

World food prices decreased for the third consecutive month in December 2012, balancing out sharp increases registered earlier in 2012,

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Please do not adjust your screen: the bTV-Bulsatcom battle

January 11, 2013January 11, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Conspiracy theories, appeals to European and Bulgarian national institutions, the inevitable satirical clip rewriting Adolf Hitler’s dialogue in the film

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Bulgaria News 

Family of five found dead in Sofia apartment

January 11, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

A family of five was found dead in an apartment in the Gotse Delchev residential area of Sofia, police in

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