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37 arrested in Bulgaria in operation in 17 EU countries against scrap metal gangs

June 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Thirty-seven people were arrested in Bulgaria as part of a two-day operation in 17 European Union countries against organised metal

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Bulgaria Europe News 

Demonstrations in Bulgaria in solidarity with protesters in Turkey

June 2, 2013June 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Turkey

Bulgaria is among European countries where demonstrations have been held in solidarity with the protesters in major cities in Turkey.

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Bulgaria News 

Socialist move for power shift over anti-organised crime squad takes first step in Parliament

May 31, 2013May 31, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Tsvetan Tsvetanov

Two days after Bulgaria’s socialist party-appointed government came to power, the National Assembly approved the first reading of legislation moving

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Bulgarian ‘vampire’ skeleton set to return home

May 31, 2013June 4, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology

A year after archaeological digs in the Black Sea town of Sozopol yielded a well-preserved male skeleton buried with a

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Euro zone annual inflation to be 1.4% in May 2013 – flash estimate

May 31, 2013June 1, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff euro zone, Eurostat, macroeconomic indicators

Annual inflation in the 17-member euro zone is expected to be 1.4 per cent in May 2013, up from 1.2

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Bulgaria Europe News 

68 000 young people unemployed in Bulgaria in April 2013 – Eurostat

May 31, 2013May 31, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

April 2013 saw 5.62 million young people – meaning under-25s – unemployed in the European Union, about 68 000 of them

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Bulgaria News 

Sirens to sound in Bulgaria on June 2 2013 to honour memory of Hristo Botev

May 31, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Across Bulgaria, sirens will sound at noon on June 2 2013 in an annual custom honouring the memory of revolutionary,

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian President holds firm against appointing ambassadors who were communist secret service agents

May 31, 2013June 2, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Kristian Vigenin, Rossen Plevneliev

In one of the first most significant differences between Bulgaria’s socialist-led government and the country’s head of state, President Rossen

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria’s new Foreign Minister on the Western Balkans, former State Security agents

May 31, 2013June 2, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Dossier Commission, Kristian Vigenin

Bulgaria’s new Foreign Minister Kristian Vigenin, a member of the Bulgarian Socialist Party cabinet that came to power in Sofia

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