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Brother of Bulgarian football star Berbatov arrested after cocaine find

October 5, 2012October 5, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Assen Berbatov, the younger brother of former Manchester United striker Dimitar, was arrested on October 4 after being stopped by

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Working hours in Bulgaria slightly above EU average

October 5, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Working hours for full-time employees in Bulgaria, at 40.9 hours a week, were slightly above the averages for the European

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Bulgaria, Switzerland sign updated double-taxation treaty

October 5, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Finance Minister Simeon Dyankov said on October 5 that the Cabinet has signed the updated treaty with Switzerland on

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian anti-mafia squad busts Sofia digital electronics company for illegal software use

October 5, 2012October 5, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s General Directorate for Combating Organised Crime raided a Sofia company in a special operation targeting criminal activities connected to

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Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court removes bar on ex-State Security people leading state news agency

October 5, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

The Constitutional Court has upheld a January 2012 application by opposition parties the Bulgarian Socialist Party and Movement for Rights

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Ukraine’s leaders show new defiance to West

October 5, 2012October 5, 2012 Katya Gorchinskaya of The Kyiv Post

Under pressure internationally for curtailing democracy and imprisoning political opponents, president Viktor Yanukovych’s administration this week adopted an even more

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Czech Republic’s new gold rush

October 5, 2012October 5, 2012 Jonathan Crane of The Prague Post

Gold has fascinated people for thousands of years. From the ancient Egyptians who used it to craft elaborate artifacts to

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Bulgaria Europe News 

Bulgaria cannot ban citizens leaving the country because of unpaid debts, European Court of Justice says

October 5, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Court of Justice says that Bulgarian authorities cannot ban the country’s citizens from travelling outside the country within

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Eighty arrests, millions of dollars of goods seized in global crackdown on illicit online pharmacies

October 5, 2012October 5, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

A global operation spanning 100 countries aimed at disrupting the organised crime networks behind the illicit online sale of medicines

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