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Day: June 4, 2012

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Bulgaria Business News 

Bulgaria to further cut mobile termination rates

June 4, 2012June 6, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Communications Regulation Commission (CRC) has received European Commission approval to further cut the ceiling on mobile termination rates, the

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Perspectives Sport 

Golf and the economy

June 4, 2012June 6, 2012 Alan Rogut

Experts are predicting that the economic crisis is far from over and it appears that the UK is heading for

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People 

All for one: The Valya Krushkina campaign

June 4, 2012June 6, 2012 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

The campaign to raise funds to pay for the treatment of Bulgarian National Television (BNT) journalist Valya Krushkina’s malignant cancer

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Leisure 

Film review: Snow White and the Huntsman

June 4, 2012June 6, 2012 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

Mirror Mirror, released a few weeks ago, was a brightly colored, strongly lit adaptation of Snow White, and told its

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Petr Nečas prime minister of the Czech Republic
Europe News 

Czech government has plan for Greek collapse

June 4, 2012May 22, 2013 Andrew Greene of The Prague Post Czech Republic, Greece

As uncertainty continues to grip the outlook for Greece and the future of the eurozone, there is one certainty for

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Bulgaria People 

Kosovo’s first ambassador to Bulgaria hosts farewell

June 4, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Kosovo

Ariana Zherka-Hoxha, who in April 2010 became Kosovo’s first ambassador in Sofia, hosted a farewell reception on May 23 2012,

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Finnish Alvar Aalto vases
Leisure 

A window to a Finnish home

June 4, 2012June 6, 2012 Hristina Dimitrova

An exhibition entitled Finnish Design Room is being held at the Alma Mater Gallery of Sofia University until June 15. The

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tequila shot glasses on a bar counter
Leisure 

The Venue: Lorka

June 4, 2012May 22, 2013 Nick Iliev Sofia

Good old Shishman street, in the Sofia city centre – a shabby little stretch of road spanning from Graf Ignatiev

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Sofia mayor Yordanka Fandukova, left, Italian ambassador Stefano Benazzo, centre
Leisure News 

Ninth Italian Festival in Sofia

June 4, 2012May 22, 2013 Hristina Dimitrova Sofia

On June 2, Italian ambassador to Bulgaria Stefano Benazzo and Sofia mayor Yordanka Fandukova launched the ninth annual Italian Festival

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