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Month: June 2012

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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sea garden at burgas on the Bulgarian Black Sea
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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beach straw umbrellas
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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euro coins of various values
Business News World 

G20 leaders arrive in Mexico for summit

June 18, 2012June 18, 2012 VOANews

World leaders are gathering in Mexico for a two-day G20 summit which begins Monday in the Pacific coast resort of

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World Bank president Robert Zoellick
Bulgaria Business Europe News 

World Bank boosted lending to Bulgaria to keep SE Europe stable, Zoellick says

June 18, 2012May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff World Bank

The World Bank had been increasing its lending to support Bulgaria’s banking system – one of the most exposed to

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Europe News 

French Socialists win majority in parliamentary vote

June 18, 2012May 27, 2013 VOANews

French President Francois Hollande’s Socialist Party has taken a solid majority in Sunday’s runoff parliamentary elections. Partial polling results show

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four stray dogs lying on grass
Bulgaria News 

Sofia mayor vows to speed building of dog pound after strays kill elderly man

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

The death of an elderly Sofia man after he was savaged by a pack of stray dogs – the second

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russian president vladimir putin
News Perspectives World 

Russia Watch: Putin fails to scare Moscow’s middle class

June 17, 2012June 20, 2012 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief

The young protester handing out fake “Go Straight to Jail” tickets just didn’t get it. In advance of Tuesday’s protest

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