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Month: June 2012

Europe News 

Croatia’s Josipović will boycott Serbian president Nikolić’s inauguration – report

June 6, 2012May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff 0 Comments Croatia

Croatian president Ivo Josipović has confirmed that he will not attend the June 11 2012 inauguration ceremony of Serbian president

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Europe News 

Freedom House: Hungary, Ukraine in democratic decline

June 6, 2012May 27, 2013 VOANews Hungary, Ukraine

A U.S.-based non-governmental organization advocating for democracy and human rights says Hungary and Ukraine are at the forefront of an

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Europe News 

Serbia’s Nikolic faces more overseas criticism for Srebrenica comments

June 6, 2012May 27, 2013 VOANews Serbia

Serbia’s new president, Tomislav Nikolic, is facing more criticism from the West and the region for denying that the 1995

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Bulgaria News 

Three people still missing after munitions depot blasts in Bulgaria

June 6, 2012June 6, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Three people who were working in the immediate proximity of the first blast at the munitions depot near the village

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St Nikolai, Russian church in Sofia, Bulgaria
Perspectives 

Different paths: the Russian and Bulgarian Orthodox churches

June 5, 2012May 27, 2013 Momchil Metodiev 0 Comments Bulgarian Orthodox Church

In recent months, Bulgarian – Russian church relations have been dominated by a minor dispute – the conflict at the

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Business Europe News 

S&P rates Greek euro zone exit odds at one-in-three

June 5, 2012May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Greece

Credit ratings agency Standard&Poor’s has described the odds that Greece will exit the euro zone following the June 17 parliamentary

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Bulgaria News 

Seven injured in explosions at munitions depot in Bulgaria

June 5, 2012June 6, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Seven people were injured in a series of explosions that rocked a munitions depot in south-eastern Bulgaria on June 5,

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Bulgaria Business 

Bulgarian Government mulls new rules on retail chains

June 5, 2012June 6, 2012 Hristina Dimitrova

Bulgaria’s Minister of Economy, Energy and Tourism, Delyan Dobrev, said on June 4 2012 that amendments to competition protection legislation

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screen of the Bulgarian health ministry website
Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian Health Minister proposes private health insurance add-on

June 5, 2012June 6, 2012 Hristina Dimitrova

Bulgaria’s Health Minister, Desislava Atanasova, has suggested the introduction of a second health insurance, in a private fund, to replace

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