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    An inspection by the Supreme Administrative Prosecutor’s Office found illegal construction in a state property – a 200-meter pier with a breakwater and a two-story building on a state beach…

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    For the second week in a row, Bulgaria’s interdepartmental commission, tasked with determining the quantities of dates shipped from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), failed to report the exact quantities…

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