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Month: June 2012

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Bulgaria Business News 

Heavy rains in Bulgaria cut quantity, not quality of harvest – Naidenov

June 9, 2012June 9, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria will not experience any food shortages in spite of the heavy rains and hail that hit the country in

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pair of dogs in a cage
Bulgaria News 

Sofia announces 1.3M leva street dog shelter contract

June 9, 2012May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

More than two months after professor Botyo Tachkov died in a savage attack by a pack of stray dogs in

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Serbian foreign minister Vuk Jeremic elected June 2012 president of UN General Assembly
Europe News World 

Serbian FM Jeremić elected UN General Assembly president

June 9, 2012June 9, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff 0 Comments

In a vote on June 8 2012, the United Nations General Assembly elected Serbia’s foreign minister, Vuk Jeremić, as the

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The managing director of the International Monetary Fund IMF Christine Lagarde
Business News World 

Global financial system needs further reforms, IMF’s Lagarde says

June 9, 2012May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff 0 Comments IMF

Further action is needed to reform the global financial system, by strengthening crisis management tools and the overall architecture of

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Europe Sport 

Football fever as Euro 2012 kicks off

June 8, 2012June 8, 2012 The Warsaw Voice

The European football championships, one of the world’s biggest sports events, kick off in Poland today, with the host country

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eu foreign policy chief catherine ashton
Europe News World 

European Commission adopts ‘special measure’ to support Syrian population and refugees

June 8, 2012May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff 0 Comments European Commission

The European Commission said that it had on June 8 2012 adopted a special measure for Syria, under the European

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Leisure 

Film review: Prometheus

June 8, 2012June 8, 2012 Andre Crous of The Prague Post 0 Comments

Remember that scene in Alien when an alien pops out of the guy’s chest? In Ridley Scott’s latest space film,

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Leisure 

Tickets for Jennifer Lopez gig in Sofia go on sale

June 8, 2012May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Tickets for Jennifer Lopez’s concert in Sofia went on sale on June 8. Available online at eventim.bg, the tickets are

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Business Europe News 

Merkel urges greater European integration

June 8, 2012May 27, 2013 Selah Hennessy of VOANews euro zone

German Chancellor Angela Merkel says Germany has the political will to ensure the stability of the eurozone. The German leader

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