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Sofia judges plan rally in support of sacked judges union chief

July 13, 2012May 22, 2013 Alex Bivol judiciary

Judges from four courts said on July 12 2012 that they planned to postpone hearings on their cases and meet

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Bulgaria Business News 

Bulgaria records second straight month of deflation

July 12, 2012July 12, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s consumer price index fell by one per cent in June, the second straight month of deflation, pushing the year-on-year

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria likely to allow continued construction on beachfronts

July 12, 2012July 12, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Parliament passed at first reading amendments to the Black Sea Coast Act that banned most construction on beachfronts on

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Bulgaria Europe News 

Number of foreigners living in Bulgaria well below EU average

July 12, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria is among four European Union member states with the lowest number of resident foreigners, at 0.5 per cent of

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria comes up with draft law on funeral agencies, burials

July 12, 2012July 12, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

A funeral agency that advertises its services in a hospital or tries to tout for business in a morgue will

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Europe News 

Bulgarian caught driving 248km/h on Croatian highway

July 12, 2012July 12, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

A Bulgarian was stopped by police in Croatia after driving at 248km/h on a highway, local media said. In Croatia,

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria opens new 35km stretch of Trakiya motorway to the Black Sea

July 12, 2012June 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff motorways

Travelling time from Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia to the Black Sea coast is being further reduced by the opening on

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Bulgaria’s Cabinet nominates former dissident Bochev among four new ambassadors

July 11, 2012July 11, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Cabinet has nominated four new ambassadors, in the latest round of the changing of the guard in the country’s

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria to ask for delay in switch to digital broadcasting

July 11, 2012 Alex Bivol

Bulgaria’s Government plans to ask the European Commission to postpone the deadline for the switch to digital broadcasting, now set

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