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Rise in terrorist attacks in Europe in 2012, Europol says

April 26, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas terrorist attack

Findings from European police agency Europol’s latest strategic analysis product – the 2013 EU Terrorism Situation and Trend Report –

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Serbian president Nikolić apologises to Bosniak people

April 26, 2013May 27, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Serbia

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolić, “on behalf of Serbia and Serbian people”, apologised to Bosniak people for the crimes committed in

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Hungary: Tribute to Holocaust victims

April 26, 2013May 27, 2013 The Budapest Times Hungary

Tens of thousands are expected to participate in the annual March of the Living in Budapest on April 28 2013

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After Boston bombings, Putin calls for US-Russia intelligence sharing

April 26, 2013May 27, 2013 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin has often complained that he battles alone against terrorism by Islamic extremists. Russian President Vladimir Putin

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Bulgarian media, consolidated

April 25, 2013August 6, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Media

It was a strange if not unhappy coincidence that in the very week that the US state department expressed concern

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Bulgaria’s former utilities regulator chief had conflict of interest – report

April 25, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The former head of Bulgaria’s State Energy and Water Regulator Commission (SEWRC), Angel Semerdjiev, was found to have been in

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Sofia begins construction of metro extension to Business Park

April 25, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev and Sofia mayor Yordanka Fandukova attended the ceremony on April 25 marking the official start of

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Bulgaria News 

Volleys in political trench warfare after Naidenov says Tsvetanov bugged everyone

April 25, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Tsvetan Tsvetanov

Within a few hours of former cabinet minister Miroslav Naidenov alleging that Tsvetan Tsvetanov had been behind illegal eavesdropping on

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Bulgaria Business News 

Bulgaria imposes temporary cuts to renewable energy generation

April 25, 2013May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s power grid operator ESO has asked the country’s three electricity distribution companies to limit the generation of electricity from

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