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Day: June 21, 2012

Bulgaria Business World 

Bulgarians turn to South America in search of jobs

June 21, 2012June 22, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Increasing numbers of Bulgarians are seeking employment in South America, according to private employment agencies, quoted by Bulgarian-language daily Monitor.

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Bourgas beach Photo Dimitar Tzankov sxc hu
Bulgaria News 

Weekend weather forecast: more heat and thunderstorms

June 21, 2012June 21, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Weather in Bulgaria will remain mostly hot and sunny at the weekend, but short-lived thunderstorms should be expected on Sunday,

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Bulgaria Europe News 

Brussels rap for Sofia on wind farms, bilateral agreement with US

June 21, 2012May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission

The European Commission (EC) has issued on June 21 reasoned opinions asking Bulgaria to comply with European Union law in

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Bulgaria Business News 

Bulgaria shelves plans to move revenue agency offices from Sofia

June 21, 2012June 21, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Plans to move the central offices of the National Revenue Agency (NRA) from Sofia to Veliko Turnovo have now been

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Bulgaria News 

A tale of two marches: Forestry Act amendments draw thousands to Sofia streets

June 21, 2012May 27, 2013 Hristina Dimitrova Sofia

About 4000 ski and snowboard enthusiasts, hikers and supporters of President Rossen Plevneliev’s veto of the controversial amendments to the

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Europe News 

European Parliament committee recommends rejection of ACTA

June 21, 2012May 22, 2013 Alex Bivol

European Parliament’s international trade committee voted on June 21 to recommend that the European Parliament rejects the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement

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Bulgarian Minister of Culture Vezhdi Rashidov
Bulgaria News 

27M leva financing contract signing for ‘Bulgarian Louvre’

June 21, 2012June 21, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Minister of Culture Vezhdi Rashidov and Regional Development Minister Lilyana Pavlova were scheduled on June 21 2012 to sign

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Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nickolay Mladenov
Bulgaria Europe News World 

Three EU foreign ministers on joint visit to Lebanon, Iraq

June 21, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

From June 21 to 24, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nikolai Mladenov, his Swedish counterpart Carl Bildt and Polish foreign minister Radoslaw

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Europe News 

Former Romanian PM Nastase attempts suicide after court sentencing

June 21, 2012May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Romania

Former Romanian prime minister Adrian Nastase attempted to commit suicide on the evening of June 20 rather than be taken

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