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Day: June 18, 2012

Business 

Molson Coors closes acquisition of Eastern European brewers, Kamenitza included

June 18, 2012June 18, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Denver-based Molson Coors, estimated as the world’s fifth-largest beer brewer by volume, said on June 18 that it has closed

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Business Europe News 

Young Czech bank eyes CEE markets

June 18, 2012May 27, 2013 Emily Thompson of The Prague Post Czech Republic

Three new banks were launched on the local market last year, offering stripped-down, online retail banking products that quickly began

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Europe News 

Hungarian government signals end to IMF deadlock

June 18, 2012May 27, 2013 Robert Hodgson of The Budapest Times Hungary, IMF

The government looked set this week to capitulate over controversial legislation that is blocking the commencement of formal negotiations for

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria charges 13 alleged ‘radical Islamists’

June 18, 2012June 18, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Following a joint operation in 2010 by Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry and the State Agency for National Security, 13 alleged members

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Bulgaria News 

Negotiations on Forestry Act amendments reach a dead end

June 18, 2012June 18, 2012 Hristina Dimitrova

Negotiations on June 18, attended by Prime Minister Boiko Borissov, Agriculture Minister Miroslav Naidenov and representatives of environmentalist groups on

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Bulgaria 

Naiden Naidenov is the new coach of Bulgaria’s men’s volleyball team

June 18, 2012June 18, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

After a week of drama and speculation, Bulgaria’s men’s volleyball team finally got a new head coach – Naiden Naidenov.

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Bulgaria Business News 

Sofia Tech Park to boost innovation, entrepreneurship, Plevneliev says

June 18, 2012May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

Sofia Tech Park, the 100 million leva (50 million euro) project to be built next to the Bulgarian capital city’s

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Bulgaria Leisure News 

Bourgas bomb shelter to become ‘bewitched’ tourist attraction

June 18, 2012May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas

Bourgas, on Bulgaria’s Black Sea, is to turn a Cold War-era bomb shelter built to accommodate 3500 people into a

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Bulgaria Leisure News 

Bulgarian railways starts pre-sales of tickets for summer trains to the seaside

June 18, 2012June 18, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian state railways BDZ started on June 18 2012 pre-sales of tickets for seats on trains to the Black Sea

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