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7 hrs ago | Sofia News Agency

UK Justice Secretary Refuses to Pardon Shields

UK Justice Secretary Jack Straw has refused an appeal for a pardon by jailed football fan Michael Shields.

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11 hrs ago | Sofia News Agency

Bulgarian Businessman Shot Dead Outside Shumen Hospital

Rachev was allegedly shot, the police were informed of the incident at 12:31 pm Friday.

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Thu Jul 02, 2009

Sofia News Agency

Calls to Boycott Criminal Suspects in Bulgarian Election

Among those who walked free from jail last month to campaign as candidates were the Galevi brothers - " a pair who were facing charges of racketeering and running a notorious organised crime gang.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Sergei Stanishev

Guardian Unlimited

Jack Straw refuses to pardon jailed Liverpool fan Michael Shields

The justice secretary, Jack Straw , today turned down an appeal for a pardon by Michael Shields, the Liverpool football fan who was jailed in Bulgaria for the attempted murder of a barman.

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Related Topix: World News

Wed Jul 01, 2009

People's Daily Online

Bulgaria needs no IMF bailout aid: minister

Bulgaria does not need a bailout aid agreement with the International Monetary Fund , local press reported on July 1, citing the Finance Minister Plamen Oresharski.

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Related Topix: World News, Economics News, Bankruptcy

Sofia News Agency

Bulgaria Ex-Communist Spies Run For Office

Bulgarian officials say 142 people running for parliamentary elections were alleged agents of the secret police while the communist regime was in place.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News

Tue Jun 30, 2009

Sofia News Agency

130 Kids from Eastern Europe Poisoned by Food in Bulgarian Resort

Some 130 kids have been poisoned by the food at a sea restaurant in the Sveti Vlas resort.

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Related Topix: Family, Kids, World News

Mon Jun 29, 2009

Sofia News Agency

Bulgaria Dying Steel Mill Faces Crucial Deadline

The fate of the dying steel mill "Kremikotvtzi" is to be decided by the Sofia City Court.

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Related Topix: World News, Economics News, Bankruptcy

Sofia News Agency

Bulgarians Redirect Votes to Parties with Secure MP Seats - Poll

With less than a week before the general elections, pollsters in Bulgaria predict GERB will have a narrow win over BSP.

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Related Topix: Europe,

Sofia News Agency

Bulgaria's Plovdiv Registers 1st Swine Flu Case

Bulgaria's second largest city of Plovdiv now has a confirmed swin flu case. Photo by Sofia Photo Agency A 14-year-old boy is the first registered swine flu - A case in Bulgaria's second largest city, Plovdiv.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, World News

Sun Jun 28, 2009

Sofia News Agency

Five Bulgaria Trucks, Car Intentionally Set on Fire

The arson was done, despite the presence of guards in the parking lot of the company that owned the vehicles.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Travel, Bulgaria Travel,

Sat Jun 27, 2009

BNN - Bulgaria News Network

Car with Two inside Set on Fire in Bulgarian Capital

A car with a man and a woman inside was set on fire by three unknown persons in Bulgaria's capital of Sofia on Friday night, the police reports.

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Related Topix: World News

Fri Jun 26, 2009

Sofia News Agency

Grieving Michael Jackson Fans Gather in Downtown Sofia

Bulgarian Michael Jackson fans, shocked and saddened like the rest of the world, are mourning his death in Sofia.

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Related Topix: World News

Reuters Video

VIDEO: Anti-corruption rally in Bulgaria

June 26. - Trade unionists in Sofia stage a protest rally over job losses, corruption and crime just over a week before Bulgaria goes to the polls.

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Related Topix: World News, Video

Sofia News Agency

Bulgaria Heating Utility Head Likely to Hear Verdict on Thursday

The former head of Sofia heating utility Valentin Dimitrov has seen the trial against him being postponed a number of times since the launch of the first of a number of cases at the beginning of last year.

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Related Topix: World News

Thu Jun 25, 2009

Sofia News Agency

Latest Bulgaria Crime Boss to Leave Jail over Election Immunity

Alleged crime boss Zlatomir Ivanov aka Baretata could leave jail as early as Friday over obtaining immunity due to official involvement in the July 5 general elections.

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Related Topix: World News,

NBC26

Kosovo ex-prime minister released from detention

Kraft Pizza Company is Hiring Beef Recall Hot at Country USA Unemployment Rates Increase Slightly Ed Thomas was Kampman's high school coach at Aplington-Parkersburg High School in Parkersburg, Iowa.

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Related Topix: World News, Parkersburg, IA,

The Sofia Echo

Serbia formally requests Bulgaria to extradite Ceku

Serbia, citing a 1960 bilateral agreement, has filed a formal request to Bulgaria for the extradition of Agim Ceku, the former Kosovo prime minister arrested at the Macedonian Bulgarian border because of an Interpol warrant issued at the request of Belgrade that wants him on war crimes charges.

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Related Topix: Europe, Kosovo, Serbia,

Sofia News Agency

FT: Ceku Arrest in Bulgaria Stokes Tension, Causes Embarrassment for Sofia

The arrest of Agim Ceku, Kosovo's former prime minister, by Bulgarian police stoked tensions in the region and caused embarrassment for Sofia, which recognises Kosovo despite misgivings about its declaration of independence last year, the Financial Times commented in its latest edition.

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Related Topix: Travel, Bulgaria Travel, World News,

Wed Jun 24, 2009

The Sofia Echo

Prosecutor: Former top official had active role in bribe scandal

Recently resigned deputy interior minister Raif Moustafa, who is accused of offering a 100 000 leva bribe to another public official, was more than just a middleman in the corrupt scheme, Sofia prosecutor Nikolai Kokinov told a June 23 2009 news conference.

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Related Topix: World News, Europe

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