Bulgaria’s fighter jet acquisition plan in holding pattern for next government
Bulgaria’s long-standing saga of a planned fighter jet acquisition will become a matter for the next government, while negotiations with
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Turkish PM Erdogan’s Zionism comments ‘particularly offensive’, US says
The United States is expressing its disapproval with the comments of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who this week
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New EU regulations on bus and coach passenger rights come into effect on March 1
A new European Union regulation on bus and coach passenger rights came into effect on March 1 2013, providing bus
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Criticisms, skepticism ahead of first meeting of Plevneliev’s ‘public council’
Even before its first meeting on March 1 2013, the “public council” called together by Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev with
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Unemployment in Bulgaria 12.4% in January 2013, as youth unemployment hits 28.3%
Unemployment among youth, meaning under-25s, hit 28.3 per cent in Bulgaria in January 2013, higher than the European Union average
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Poland ratifies EU fiscal pact
Poland’s President Bronislaw Komorowski signed on February 28 2013 the ratification document of the EU fiscal pact which increases public
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Kremlin’s policies shackled by oil and gas giant Gazprom
As Russia’s largest oil and gas company is once again embroiled in an energy dispute with Ukraine, the country’s dependence
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Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court overcomes logjam
Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court was back in session after Grozdan Iliev took his oath of office on February 28, ending an
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Bulgaria’s political crisis: Election Day named, and other highlights
The February 28 2013 entries in The Sofia Globe’s notebook, amid Bulgaria’s continuing political crisis: • President Rossen Plevneliev named
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