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EU gives Moldova more time to implement gas unbundling rules

December 6, 2012June 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff energy, European Commission, Moldova

The European Commission said on December 6 that it welcomed a decision by the European Energy Community to give Moldova

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian President Plevneliev vetoes amendments on law on permanent residence for investors

December 6, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev is sending back to Parliament amendments on laws that change the rules for granting permanent residence

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Bulgaria Leisure News 

Bulgaria a step closer to height limit on new buildings on Black Sea coastline

December 6, 2012December 6, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

The sound you may have heard yesterday was that of a stable door slamming as a horse receded distantly over

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian police begin winter holiday season road spot check campaign

December 6, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian police, working with traffic police, fraud squad, motor vehicle administration and customs officers, are beginning a large-scale campaign of

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Bulgaria Leisure News 

Ice rinks open in Sofia and Plovdiv

December 6, 2012December 6, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

The ice rink at Ariana Lake in Sofia has opened for the winter holiday season. The rink, billed as the

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Bulgarian scientist who believes in aliens does not believe in ‘Mayan calendar’ destruction on December 21 2012

December 5, 2012December 5, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Luchezar Filipov, the Bulgarian Academy of Science deputy director of Space Research who made headlines in 2009 by saying that

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Europe News 

Serbian ambassador to Nato dies after parking garage plummet at Brussels airport

December 5, 2012June 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Serbia

Serbia’s ambassador to Nato, Branislav Milinković, died in an incident at Brussels airport in what several media reports have alleged

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Bulgaria News People 

International Women’s Club Sofia charity bazaar raises more than 280 000 leva

December 5, 2012December 5, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

  The International Women’s Club 2012 charity bazaar raised more than 280 000 leva, with proceeds yet to be finalised.

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Bulgaria News 

‘League of moderates’ starts campaign to cut back on boozing in Bulgaria

December 5, 2012December 5, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

A group calling itself the “League of Moderates” is starting a campaign to persuade Bulgarians to cut back on the

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