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Brussels places big question mark over Romania’s reforms

July 18, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Commission has serious concerns about recent challenges to the rule of law by Romania’s parliament and government and

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Commentary: Bulgaria’s perils on the path to a print media law

July 18, 2012July 18, 2012 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Boiko Borissov, annoyed at newspaper antics and alleging that some of his country’s journalists are “serving the

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Parts of Bulgarian capital city Sofia to be without hot water for two months

July 18, 2012July 18, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Parts of Bulgarian capital city Sofia will be without hot water for periods ranging from just more than two weeks

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75% of people in the world have access to mobile phones – World Bank

July 18, 2012July 18, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

About three-quarters of the world’s inhabitants now have access to a mobile phone and the mobile communications story is moving

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Interpol Global Register, enabling checking for fakes, unveiled at Google Ideas INFO summit

July 18, 2012July 18, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

People will able to use mobile phones or other devices with internet connections to check whether goods are fake or

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Bulgaria Europe News 

Political fallout from EC five-year report on Bulgaria’s anti-crime performance

July 18, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

Even before its official release on July 18 of the European Commission’s report on Bulgaria’s performance in the past five

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Fitch confirms Bulgaria’s long-term local, foreign currency ratings as stable

July 18, 2012July 18, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Rating agency Fitch has confirmed Bulgaria’s long-term foreign currency issuer default rating (IDR) at BBB- and its long-term local currency

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Bulgarian ruling party MP arrested for alleged influence-trading

July 18, 2012July 18, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Dimitar Avramov, an MP for Bulgaria’s centre-right ruling party GERB, has been arrested in connection with alleged trading in influence,

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Turkish PM Erdogan heads to Russia to talk about Syria

July 18, 2012July 18, 2012 Dorian Jones of VOANews

Turkey’s prime minister will visit the Russian capital Wednesday, as the two countries remain at diplomatic loggerheads over the fate

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