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Police arrest Plovdiv lawyer and a family for attempt to defraud banks of 2M euro

October 11, 2012October 11, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian police have arrested a Plovdiv lawyer and an entire family for allegedly attempting to defraud banks of about two

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Bulgarian President nominates Prosecutor-General Velchev to Constitutional Court

October 11, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev has nominated Prosecutor-General Boris Velchev to the country’s Constitutional Court, the President announced on October 11

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Bulgaria’s Parliament gives ‘amnesty’ to pre-2001 illegal buildings

October 11, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Buildings put up between 1987 and the end of March 2001 without construction permission will be exempt from mandatory demolition,

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Bulgarian President to begin consultations on Belene referendum question on October 12

October 11, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev will on October 12 2012 begin holding talks with political parties on the wording of the

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Worker at Sofia’s Serdica archaeological site arrested for alleged theft of ancient coins

October 11, 2012October 11, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

A 46-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly stealing ancient coins from the Serdica archaeological excavations site in the centre

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Turkey seizes cargo from Syrian plane forced to land in Ankara

October 11, 2012 VOANews

Turkey says it has confiscated illicit cargo from a Syrian passenger plane that it forced to land in Ankara after

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Russia Watch: Charm alert: Georgia welcomes Russian tourists

October 11, 2012October 11, 2012 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief

Nervousness was in the air the other afternoon when my S7 Airbus, packed with Russian tourists, touched down at Tbilisi’s

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Bulgarian Cabinet approves draft Budget, 10% tax on deposit interest

October 10, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Government approved on October 10 the Budget bill, drafted by the Finance Ministry, along with a number of Budget-related

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Europe News 

Candidate status for Albania and SAA for Kosovo in EC’s ‘next steps for EU enlargement’

October 10, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Commission, in a series of reports of Western Balkan countries, outlined what it called its “next steps towards

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