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Day: June 13, 2012

Bulgaria News 

12 arrested during a protest against the amendments to the Forestry Act

June 13, 2012June 14, 2012 Hristina Dimitrova

Twelve people were arrested this evening for disobeying police orders during a flash mob protest against the amendments to the

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Business 

Bulgarian unemployment down to 11% in May

June 13, 2012May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Unemployment in Bulgaria was down 0.4 per cent month-on-month, falling to 11 per cent in May, data from the country’s

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Business 

Austria’s EVN surpasses one billion leva in investment

June 13, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Austrian electricity distribution firm EVN, which services southern and southeastern Bulgaria, has surpassed one billion leva in investment in the

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Bulgaria News 

Owners of Bulgarian media group indicted on charges of money laundering

June 13, 2012May 27, 2013 Alex Bivol Media

Lyubomir Pavlov and Ognyan Donev, the two Bulgarian businessmen that own the country’s two top circulation dailies, Trud and 24

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Bulgaria Europe Leisure 

Joint tourism project underway in SEE

June 13, 2012May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s government has approved the memorandum of understanding signed in February 2012 regarding the project Cultural and Tourist Route ‘On

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Europe News 

Romania threatens to make Hungarian House Speaker persona non grata

June 13, 2012May 27, 2013 Benedicte Williams of The Budapest Times Hungary, Romania

Parliament Speaker László Kövér left for Romania on Tuesday to campaign for an ethnic Hungarian party despite already soured relations

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Bulgaria News 

Heat wave weather warning for Bulgaria

June 13, 2012June 13, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

A “code yellow” hazardous weather warning has been issued for 19 districts in southwestern, eastern and central Bulgaria, the meteorological

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian traffic police get more mobile cameras

June 13, 2012June 13, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

As the 2012 summer holiday season gets underway,Bulgaria’s traffic police are using 42 new mobile cameras to catch reckless motorists

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Bulgaria Business News 

Bulgarian economy to grow 0.6% in 2012 – World Bank

June 13, 2012May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators, World Bank

Economic growth in Bulgaria will be 0.6 per cent this year, down from 1.7 per cent in 2011, the World

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