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Bulgarian police slammed over breach of patient rights

November 1, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Police in Sofia have been requesting personal data of all methadone patients in the city, ostensibly as part of an

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Ukrainian opposition to challenge election results, but court appeals likely to be futile

November 1, 2012 Oksana Grytsenko of The Kyiv Post

To say that dirty tactics during the campaign and vote tabulation left some people unhappy would be a huge understatement.

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France’s Areva out of the bidding for Czech nuclear plant expansion

November 1, 2012May 22, 2013 Daniel Bardsley for The Prague Post energy

Areva has promised to take legal action after ČEZ rejected the French conglomerate’s appeal against its exclusion from the tender

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EC veiled threat of early CVM report for Bulgaria unfair – minister

November 1, 2012June 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary, Nikolai Mladenov

Bulgaria’s Foreign Minister Nikolai Mladenov said on November 1 that the European Commission’s threat to issue a Co-operation and Verification

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Bulgarian state lottery jackpot set to hit six million leva

November 1, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

An estimated six million leva (about three million euro) are expected to be up for grabs in one of the

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Clinton: US optimistic about Croatia’s future

November 1, 2012 VOANews

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told Croatia’s leaders Wednesday that their country has great potential and that the United

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Putin spokesperson confirms delay in visit to Bulgaria

November 1, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Vladimir Putin’s spokesperson has confirmed that the Russian president’s planned visits to Turkey and Bulgaria have been pushed back to

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Bulgaria News 

Code Orange weather warning in southern Bulgaria

November 1, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

A code “orange” weather warning concerning heavy rainfalls has been issued for four districts in southern Bulgaria on November 1,

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Bulgarian Parliament elects new Constitutional Court judges, draws harsh EU criticism

October 31, 2012May 22, 2013 Alex Bivol judiciary

Bulgaria’s Parliament elected Anastas Anastassov and Veneta Markovska as Constitutional Court judges on October 31, prompting strong criticism and the

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