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Day: June 20, 2012

Bulgaria News 

Appellate court overturns sentence of Bulgaria’s former revenue agency chief

June 20, 2012June 20, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Sofia Appellate Court overturned on June 20 the four-year sentence handed in 2011 to Maria Mourgina, the former head of

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Europe News 

Samaras sworn in as Greek prime minister

June 20, 2012May 27, 2013 VOANews Greece

Conservative Antonis Samaras has been sworn in as Greece’s new prime minister, leading a newly formed coalition government that intends

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Bulgaria News People 

Colleagues, friends bid farewell to Bulgarian TV’s Valya Krushkina

June 20, 2012June 20, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Family, friends and colleagues attended the funeral on June 20 2012 of Valentina Krushkina, a journalist for public broadcaster Bulgarian

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria to extradite alleged drug trafficker to Italy

June 20, 2012June 20, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Sofia City Court ruled on June 20 to allow the extradition of Evelin Banev, alias Brendo, on trial in Bulgaria

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Bulgaria Business Leisure News 

Bulgaria to spend five million leva on marketing tourism

June 20, 2012June 20, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Cabinet has instructed the Finance Ministry to pay five million leva (about 2.5 million euro) to the Economy, Energy

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Bulgaria Business Europe News 

Bulgarian Cabinet approves new scheme for citizenship for investors

June 20, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Cabinet approved, at a meeting on June 20 2012, proposed changes to the Citizenship Act that will facilitate the

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Perspectives 

To the Editor: Accusations against Romania’s Ponta are unsubstantiated

June 20, 2012May 27, 2013 Romanian government press office Romania

Dear Mr Chief Editor, As you are well aware, on the 18th of June, Mr. Victor Ponta, the Prime Minister

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Bulgaria News 

Competing protests in Sofia over Forestry Act amendments

June 20, 2012May 27, 2013 Alex Bivol Sofia

Two protest rallies, for and against the recently-vetoed amendments to the Forestry Act, have been scheduled in Sofia on June

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria’s media watchdog to discuss late-night porn shows with Prosecutor-General

June 20, 2012May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Media

The Council for Electronic Media, the statutory body that oversees Bulgaria’s broadcast media, has asked for a meeting with the

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