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Contraband cigarettes smuggled in coffins in Bulgaria

Smugglers transported millions of contraband cigarettes around Bulgaria in coffins and even hired hearses to throw investigators off the scent, the country's customs chief said on Tuesday.
AFP - Agence France Presse (fr)
added Nov 14, 2012 07:17
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[Bulgaria, Europe] EU To Give Money For Tobacco

As the Committee on Agriculture of the EU adopted a proposal for the removal of tobacco from the ban list for subsidized crops, 2014 Bulgarian tobacco will receive EU co-payments from 2014, the minister explained.
Standart News (bg)
added Jan 26, 2013 05:54
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[Bulgaria, Europe, Greece] MEPs plan tobacco subsidies as Brussels fights smoking

Members of the European Parliament have paved the way for hundreds of millions of pounds of subsidies to go to Europe's tobacco farmers -- even though Brussels spends huge amounts on anti-smoking campaigns
Electronic Telegraph (uk)
added Feb 3, 2013 12:44
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Bulgarians Don't Quit Smoking out of Spite

It appears that bans do not affect habits that Bulgarians indulge in, on the contrary they breach bans out of spite, shows the weekly poll of standartnews.com.
Standart News (bg)
added Jun 10, 2012 21:38
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Bulgaria among European countries where teenagers smoke most: study

Bulgarian schoolchildren are ranked fourth in the chart. There is slight increase in the number of girls smokers and in general in Bulgaria more girls have tried smoking compared to the number of boys.
Focus English News (bg)
added Jun 5, 2012 13:25
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[Eastern Europe, Serbia] Bulgaria's Bulgartabac Permitted to Buy Bosnian Serb Tobacco Factory

Authorities in Bosnia's Serb-dominated Republika Srpska (RS) have given the green light to the sale of the heavily indebted Banja Luka tobacco factory to Bulgarian Bulgartabac.
Novinite.com (bg)
added Apr 10, 2013 12:30
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[Europe] Tobacco firms use cigarette smuggling to their advantage in Bulgaria research finds

The team discovered internal tobacco industry documents which revealed how tobacco companies actively participated in the illegal import of their cigarettes into Bulgaria often using the duty-free trade façade as a cover. The companies also smuggled ciga
HealthCanal.com
added Nov 26, 2012 08:09
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[Bulgaria] European Commission not to ban oriental tobacco as cigarette ingredient

The European Commission will not propose to ban oriental tobacco as a cigarette ingredient or ask for additives to be limited that might indirectly lead to this, the Agriculture Minister Miroslav Naydenov told journalists in Brussels
Focus English News (bg)
added Sep 27, 2012 14:06
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Romania Gloats about Beating Bulgaria with No Smoking Ban

Romania hopes to capitalize on the decision of neighboring Bulgaria to ban smoking in all enclosed public spaces, as it may be seen as an attractive destination for tobacco-addicted tourists
Novinite.com (bg)
added May 28, 2012 12:20
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Bulgarian energy commission head resigns at request of PM over illegal cigarette selling business

Four days after Yuliana Ivanova was appointed as the new head of Bulgaria’s State Energy and Water Regulatory Commission, she resigned ... after it emerged that she had owned a company that had illegally sold cigarettes online.
Sofia Globe
added Feb 17, 2013 14:27
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