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Bulgarian Cabinet appoints new utilities regulator chief

March 11, 2013May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s acting Cabinet has appointed Deputy Economy Minister Evgenia Haritonova as chairperson of the State Energy and Water Regulatory Commission

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Bulgaria and Macedonia in diverse commemorations of Holocaust-related anniversaries

March 11, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews, Macedonia

Bulgaria held ceremonies on March 10 commemorating the 70th anniversary of the prevention of the deportation of Bulgarian Jews to

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Bulgarian President Plevneliev to name caretaker cabinet on March 12

March 11, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev is to name the caretaker cabinet on March 12 at 4pm Sofia time, a day earlier

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Japan marks second tsunami anniversary

March 11, 2013March 11, 2013 VOANews

Japan has observed a moment of silence to mark the second anniversary of a devastating earthquake and tsunami that claimed

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Protest rallies in Bulgaria continue, railway stations blocked

March 10, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Protest rallies were held in Bulgaria’s largest cities for a fourth consecutive Sunday on March 10 – in addition to

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Trial of Bulgarian money laundering convict begins in Italy

March 8, 2013May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

An Italian court was scheduled to hold its first hearing on March 8 in the lawsuit against Evelin “Brendo” Banev

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Sofia mayor asks prosecutors to investigate heating utility

March 8, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff energy, Sofia

Sofia mayor Yordanka Fandukova has asked police and prosecutors to investigate why the city’s heating utility, Toplofikatsiya Sofia, did not

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Parliament adopts declaration on 70th anniversary of prevention of deportation of Bulgarian Jews to Holocaust death camps

March 8, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

Bulgaria’s unicameral Parliament, the National Assembly, voted unanimously and without debate on March 8 2013 to adopt a declaration marking

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Outgoing Czech president Klaus steadfast in going against the political tide

March 8, 2013May 27, 2013 Marketa Hulpachova of The Prague Post Czech Republic

As final arrangements were made to move Václav Klaus out of the castle he’s called home for 10 years, a

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