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Bulgaria joins EU’s unified patent court agreement

March 5, 2013May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria will become the 25th European Union member state to join the block’s unified patent court agreement, the Council of

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Latvia asks to join euro zone

March 5, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff euro zone

Latvia has officially asked the European Commission and the European Central Bank (ECB) for an extraordinary convergence report “in order

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Bulgaria News 

Masked men kidnap 10-year-old daughter of Bulgarian money laundering convict

March 5, 2013March 5, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Three masked men kidnapped the 10-year-old daughter of Bulgarian money laundering convict Evelin “Brendo” Banev, shooting her driver, as she

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Ukrainian porn actress loses asylum appeal

March 5, 2013May 27, 2013 The Prague Post Czech Republic

A Prague court has thrown out an appeal from Ukrainian porn actress Anastasia Hagen-Gryshai’s against the repeated rejection of her application

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria’s acting PM released from hospital

March 4, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Bulgaria’s acting Prime Minister Boiko Borissov, who remains in office pending the appointment of a caretaker government amid the country’s

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Romania says could ‘lose interest’ in Schengen accession

March 4, 2013May 27, 2013 Alex Bivol Romania, Schengen

Romania could lose interest in joining the Schengen visa-free travel area if its accession is  again blocked at the forthcoming

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Nabucco pipeline signs co-operation memo with Turkey’s TANAP

March 4, 2013May 22, 2013 Alex Bivol energy

The consortium behind the planned Nabucco gas pipeline has signed a memorandum of co-operation with the Trans-Anatolian Pipeline (TANAP), reports

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Bulgaria Business News 

Bulgaria’s utilities regulator outlines electricity price cut proposal

March 4, 2013May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s State Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (SEWRC) presented on March 4 its proposal for the electricity price cuts set

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Bulgaria News 

Tents situation in Sofia

March 4, 2013March 4, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Protesters in Sofia from the “Eagle Bridge” civic moment on March 4 2013 put up a tent in the park

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