Horsemeat scandal: EU committee agrees on immediate start to testing, EC to pay 75%
The European Union’s Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health agreed at a February 15 2013 meeting, held
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Bulgarian household income grows at rate slightly higher than spending, statistical institute says
Bulgarian household income per head was 16.1 per cent higher in the fourth quarter of 2012 than in Q4 2011,
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Frustrated at lack of progress in ending political stalemate, European Commissioner cancels Skopje visit
European Enlargement Commissioner Štefan Füle has cancelled a planned visit to Skopje, saying that he is frustrated at the lack
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Hamas group expelled from Bulgaria: Update 3
A group of three representatives of Hamas was escorted by police to Sofia Airport on February 15 2013 after being
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Meteor causes hundreds of injuries, panic in Russia’s Urals region
Russian officials say a meteor streaked across the sky above Russia’s Ural Mountains Friday morning, causing explosions and shattering windows.
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Bulgarian police arrest Bourgas prosecutor, allegedly for accepting bribe
Police in Bulgaria’s Black Sea city of Bourgas arrested deputy district prosecutor Angel Georgiev, allegedly for accepting a bribe, Bulgarian
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Sofia court jails ‘Brendo’, orders him to pay 21M leva in compensation, for laundering money from illegal drug deals
Sofia City Court, in a ruling on February 15 2013, sentenced Evelin “Brendo” Banev to seven and a half years
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Current affairs: Bulgaria and the politics of electricity
Bulgaria’s centre-right government, facing national parliamentary elections at the beginning of July 2013, has little time at its disposal to
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February 15 flyby: Asteroid’s spin intrigues astronomers
Astronomers hope to learn more about Asteroid 2012 DA14’s features and composition as it flies past Earth at about 7.8
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