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Bulgaria’s proposed cabinet, in brief

May 27, 2013August 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Kristian Vigenin, Plamen Oresharski, Tsvetlin Yovchev

Some notes on the backgrounds of the list of nominees to be Bulgaria’s next Cabinet. Prime Minister: Plamen Oresharski. A

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Bulgaria News 

A cabinet for a crisis

May 27, 2013May 27, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Plamen Oresharski

Prefacing Plamen Oresharski’s announcement on May 27 2013 of the proposed cabinet, Bulgarian Socialist Party leader Sergei Stanishev portrayed a

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria’s proposed Oresharski cabinet unveiled

May 27, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Plamen Oresharski

The proposed members of Bulgaria’s new cabinet, to be headed by Plamen Oresharski, were revealed at a Bulgarian Socialist Party

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Bulgarian hospitality industry presses new government for backtrack on smoking ban

May 27, 2013May 27, 2013 Adela Zabrazna for The Prague Post smoking

Determined to take up the Bulgarian Socialist Party and the party’s prime ministerial candidate Plamen Oresharski on promises to backtrack

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Βig question mark hangs over future of Greece’s largest bank

May 27, 2013May 27, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency euro zone, Greece

As Greek banks prepare for their imminent recapitalization, speculation mounts over whether or not they will be able to come

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Bulgaria Europe News 

Danube Bridge 2 ready for use, official opening June 14

May 27, 2013June 10, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Romania

Danube Bridge 2 linking Vidin on the Bulgarian bank to Calafat in Romania is ready for use, construction inspectors have

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Bulgaria Leisure News 

Final stretch of Bulgaria’s Sofia-Bourgas Trakiya Motorway ‘to open July 1’

May 26, 2013May 26, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, motorways

The final stretch of Bulgaria’s Trakiya Motorway, linking capital city Sofia to the Black Sea city of Bourgas via Plovdiv,

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Bulgaria News 

Proposed Oresharski cabinet to be presented to Parliament for vote on May 28

May 26, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Plamen Oresharski

Expectations are that Bulgaria’s next cabinet, of “experts” headed by prime minister-designate Plamen Oresharski, will be presented to Parliament for

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Bulgaria Europe News 

Economy, energy focus in talks between Bulgarian PM Raykov and Italy’s Letta

May 26, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Marin Raykov, Schengen

Talks in Rome between Bulgarian Prime Minister Marin Raykov and his Italian counterpart Enrico Letta focused entirely on economic matters,

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