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Day: June 8, 2012

Europe Sport 

Football fever as Euro 2012 kicks off

June 8, 2012June 8, 2012 The Warsaw Voice

The European football championships, one of the world’s biggest sports events, kick off in Poland today, with the host country

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eu foreign policy chief catherine ashton
Europe News World 

European Commission adopts ‘special measure’ to support Syrian population and refugees

June 8, 2012May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff 0 Comments European Commission

The European Commission said that it had on June 8 2012 adopted a special measure for Syria, under the European

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Leisure 

Film review: Prometheus

June 8, 2012June 8, 2012 Andre Crous of The Prague Post 0 Comments

Remember that scene in Alien when an alien pops out of the guy’s chest? In Ridley Scott’s latest space film,

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Leisure 

Tickets for Jennifer Lopez gig in Sofia go on sale

June 8, 2012May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Tickets for Jennifer Lopez’s concert in Sofia went on sale on June 8. Available online at eventim.bg, the tickets are

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Business Europe News 

Merkel urges greater European integration

June 8, 2012May 27, 2013 Selah Hennessy of VOANews euro zone

German Chancellor Angela Merkel says Germany has the political will to ensure the stability of the eurozone. The German leader

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Hands holding a magnifying glass over a page of a dictionary
Bulgaria Business News 

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry moves to tighten rules on translation agencies

June 8, 2012June 8, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

The Bulgarian Foreign Ministry intends bringing in new rules in July 2013 requiring translation agencies contracted to it to meet

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Bulgaria News Sport 

Bulgarian volleyball gets last shot at London Olympics

June 8, 2012June 8, 2012 Alex Bivol

Football may be Bulgaria’s most popular sport, but for the past decade and a half, the men’s national volleyball team

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federal reserve governor Ben Bernanke
Business News World 

Bernanke: Europe poses risks to US economy

June 8, 2012May 27, 2013 VOANews

The head of the U.S. central bank, Ben Bernanke, said Thursday that Europe’s financial woes could spread across the Atlantic

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Business Europe News 

CEE plan fails to quell Greece fears

June 8, 2012May 27, 2013 Emily Thompson of The Prague Post Greece

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who is himself no favorite in Brussels these days, says he has a contingency plan

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