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Seven injured in explosions at munitions depot in Bulgaria

June 5, 2012June 6, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Seven people were injured in a series of explosions that rocked a munitions depot in south-eastern Bulgaria on June 5,

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Bulgarian Health Minister proposes private health insurance add-on

June 5, 2012June 6, 2012 Hristina Dimitrova

Bulgaria’s Health Minister, Desislava Atanasova, has suggested the introduction of a second health insurance, in a private fund, to replace

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How to see the Transit of Venus from Bulgaria

June 5, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff final frontier

The Transit of Venus – the rare phenomenon that will see the planet Venus pass directly between the Earth and

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Bulgaria News 

Code yellow hazardous weather warning for Bulgaria

June 5, 2012June 6, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

A “code yellow” hazardous weather warning has been issued for 15 districts in western, northern and central Bulgaria, the meteorological

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Clinton concerned about rising Armenia-Azerbaijan tensions

June 5, 2012June 6, 2012 Scott Stearns of VOANews

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says violence across the cease-fire zone separating Armenia and Azerbaijan could lead to greater

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Greeks divided as election stalemate looms again

June 5, 2012May 22, 2013 Henry Ridgwell of VOANews Greece

The final day of polling before the repeat election in Greece on June 17 showed the two main contenders neck

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Bulgaria’s centre-right UDF names acting leader

June 5, 2012June 6, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

The national council of the Union of Democratic Forces (UDF), the minority right-wing party whose leader Martin Dimitrov stepped down

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Bulgaria to spend 16.7 billion leva to counter regional inequality

June 4, 2012June 6, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria will spend 16.7 billion leva over the next decade to erase the development inequality within the country and to

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Bulgaria News 

Another minor earth tremor jolts Bulgaria

June 4, 2012June 6, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria was rocked by another tremor overnight, in what has been a forthnight of busy seismic activity. An earthquake measuring

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