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Day: June 14, 2012

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Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov makes Queen’s Club quarterfinals

June 14, 2012May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Grigor Dimitrov

Bulgaria’s top men’s tennis player Grigor Dimitrov qualified on June 14 for the Queen’s Club Championships, one of the main

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian Holy Synod bashes Sofia gay pride parade

June 14, 2012May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

The Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church said on June 14 that it was opposed to the annual Pride

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Bulgarian prime minister Boiko Borissov photo by european peoples party
Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian PM in turnabout on Judiciary Act amendments

June 14, 2012May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

A week, to the day, after Parliament passed controversial amendments to the Judiciary Act that have been harshly criticised both

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Europe News Sport 

Polish authorities apologize over Euro 2012 hooligans

June 14, 2012June 14, 2012 The Warsaw Voice

Polish authorities apologized Wednesday for hooligan violence that broke out in Warsaw ahead of a tense Poland-Russia Euro 2012 match

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Bulgaria Business News 

Bulgarian PM defends Forestry Act amendments

June 14, 2012June 14, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov defended the amendments to the Forestry Act, passed by Parliament on June 13, saying that

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Europe News World 

Burma’s Aung San Suu Kyi starts tour of Europe

June 14, 2012May 22, 2013 VOANews

Burma’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has arrived in Switzerland at the start of a historic European tour, which

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Europe News 

Czech MP faces trial after corruption immunity lifted

June 14, 2012May 27, 2013 The Budapest Times Czech Republic

Czech MPs stripped a leading politician of his parliamentary immunity on Tuesday in one of the country’s most high-profile corruption

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Euro zone crisis expected to dominate G20 Summit

June 14, 2012May 27, 2013 Kent Klein of VOANews euro zone

Much of President Barack Obama’s attention at next week’s Group of 20 economic summit in Mexico’s Pacific resort of Los Cabos may

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Bulgaria News People 

US ambassador hosts reception in honour of launch of The Sofia Globe

June 14, 2012June 14, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

United States ambassador to Bulgaria James Warlick hosted a reception on June 13 2012 in honour of the launch of

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