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Tsvetanov ‘ready to give up immunity from prosecution after elections are over’

May 1, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Tsvetan Tsvetanov

A day after prosecutors said that they had enough evidence to charge former interior minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov with crimes in

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Cyprus approves international bailout

May 1, 2013May 27, 2013 Selah Hennessy of VOANews Cyprus

The Cypriot parliament approved an international bailout Tuesday in a very close vote, with just over half of lawmakers voting

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European rights court rules Tymoshenko unlawfully detained

April 30, 2013May 27, 2013 Lisa Bryant of VOANews Ukraine

Europe’s top rights court has ruled that Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko was unlawfully held in detention before being sentenced

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Bulgaria News 

Eavesdropping controversy: Immunity protects Tsvetanov from criminal charges – for now

April 30, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Tsvetan Tsvetanov

Prosecutors allege that Bulgaria’s former interior minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov, currently the campaign chief for Boiko Borissov’s GERB party, committed crimes

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Bulgarian Cabinet proposes new rules on state companies’ deposits

April 30, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Marin Raykov

Bulgaria’s caretaker Government has drafted a bill amending the regulations on deposits held by state-owned companies, meant to prevent the

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Bulgarian renewable energy producers demand minister’s firing

April 30, 2013May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgarian Photovoltaic Association, the solar power industry lobby group, asked in an open letter to caretaker Prime Minister Marin Raykov

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Bulgaria Leisure News 

First set of Bulgarian railways new sleeping cars go into service on April 30

April 30, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The first 11 of Bulgarian state railways, BDZ, new sleeping cars went into service on April 30, ahead of the

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria’s 2013 elections: Parties opposed to GERB pay for parallel count on election night

April 30, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian election 2013

For many months, long before the nationwide protests that prompted the resignation of the Borissov GERB government, Bulgarian Socialist Party

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria’s 2013 elections: Parties told to clean up their acts

April 30, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian election 2013

Thirteen days before Bulgaria’s parliamentary elections, caretaker Prime Minister Marin Raykov – flanked by the Interior Minister and Prosecutor-General –

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