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Day: June 11, 2012

People 

Dutch Euro 2012 party at J.J. Murphy in Sofia

June 11, 2012June 11, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Dutch expats and local supporters of The Netherlands football team gathered at J.J. Murphy’s pub in Sofia on June 10

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Bulgaria Leisure News 

Stiff fines for unruly beachgoers in Bourgas

June 11, 2012May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas

Municipal authorities in Bulgaria’s Black Sea city of Bourgas have introduced stiff fines for unruly tourists at the city’s beaches.

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Bulgaria Business News People 

Bulgaria promotes its investment appeal despite downturn

June 11, 2012 Alex Bivol

Odd as it may sound, the seemingly endless economic malaise enveloping Europe has not dimmed the appetite for investment in

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Bulgaria Leisure 

Bulgaria’s ‘vampire’ saga continues

June 11, 2012May 27, 2013 Hristina Dimitrova archaeology

After the finding in recent days of “vampire” burials in Sozopol, Bulgaria’s archaeological vampire saga took a new twist with

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terminal 2 of Sofia Airport in Bulgaria
Business Leisure 

Charter flights to Sofia Airport in May 2012 up 16 per cent y/y

June 11, 2012June 11, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

The number of passengers arriving at Sofia Airport in May 2012 on scheduled commercial flights was 4200 more than in

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meglena kuneva, leader of the citizens for Bulgaria party
Bulgaria News Perspectives 

Kouneva’s party to launch July 1, to fight ‘political cartel’

June 11, 2012 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Ahead of the July 1 launch of her political party, Citizens for Bulgaria, Meglena Kouneva has embraced a strategy of

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Bulgaria Leisure News 

New book aims for debate on vanishing Sofia

June 11, 2012May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff 0 Comments Sofia

A group of young people from Sofia University’s sociology department have produced a book documenting the stories of 11 pre-1944

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