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Bulgaria axes two senior officials over seaside development scandal

January 7, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The head of Bulgaria’s Forestry Agency and the director of the Regional Inspectorate of Environment and Water Affairs in Bourgas

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Bulgaria to open referendum voting precincts in 36 countries

January 7, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria will open 45 voting precincts in 36 countries, allowing Bulgarians abroad to cast their ballots in the referendum on

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Slovak president pardons prisoners

January 7, 2013 The Slovak Spectator

A total of  753 prisoners have been released from jail after Slovak president Ivan Gašparovič granted the presidential amnesties to mark

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Poland’s flagship airline PLL LOT to cut labour force by a third

January 7, 2013 The Warsaw Voice

Poland’s flagship airline carrier PLL LOT may have posted an even 200 million zloty loss in 2012 and will downsize

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Thousands of Sofia motorists fined for speeding through pedestrian crossings

January 7, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

More than 6500 motorists in Sofia are to be fined after being caught by traffic cameras speeding through pedestrian crossings,

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Archaeology: Bulgaria claims find of temple to Priapus

January 6, 2013January 18, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

In a claim certain to prick the interest of followers of archaeology and mythology everywhere, the head of Bulgaria’s National

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Bulgaria News 

PM orders Bulgaria’s ruling party to vote no in referendum on nuclear power

January 6, 2013January 7, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said on January 6 2013 that members of the country’s centre-right ruling party GERB had

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria vows action against construction in ecologically sensitive areas on Black Sea coast

January 6, 2013January 7, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

With the resounding thud of a stable door and the receding clip-clop of horses’ hooves, Bulgaria’s government is to look

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Europe News 

Ankara continues efforts to join EU

January 6, 2013May 22, 2013 Dorian Jones of VOANews

Ankara has issued a strong attack on the European Union (EU) for what it calls a “bigoted” assessment of Turkey

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