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Month: June 2012

Hannes Swoboda, leader of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) in the European Parliament
Europe News Perspectives 

News Analysis: What’s next for Europe’s left?

June 26, 2012May 22, 2013 Marketa Hulpachova of The Prague Post

As France’s newly elected socialist President Francois Hollande settles into the Élysée Palace, bolstered by comfortable socialist majority in that

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wads of 100 euro notes bound in stacks
Business Europe News 

Spain, Cyprus seek bailouts for their ailing banks

June 26, 2012May 22, 2013 VOANews

Spain and Cyprus — one of the euro currency bloc’s biggest economies and one of its smallest — both sought

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syringe and needle in medicine bottle
Europe News World 

Study: 2009 Swine flu deaths much higher than first reported

June 26, 2012May 22, 2013 VOANews

A new study says the 2009 H1N1 swine flu pandemic killed more than 284,000 people — 15 times the official

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Bulgaria News 

Sofia’s stray dog problem: All talk and no action

June 25, 2012June 25, 2012 Hristina Dimitrova

The deepening problem of Sofia’s street dogs and the lack of any evident effort to tackle it efficiently, sparked a

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Business 

Radisson Blu hotel in Sofia changes owners

June 25, 2012June 25, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

British property developer Henry Gwyn-Jones has sold his stake in the company that owns and operates the Radisson Blu hotel

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Bulgaria Leisure 

Archaeology: New find at a site near Bulgaria’s Vratsa

June 25, 2012May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology

The archaeological season in the Bulgarian town of Vratsa has started for the summer, and was marked by the discovery

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The cathedral church of Alexander Nevsky in the Bulgarian capital city Sofia
Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian church row over return of the Archons

June 25, 2012May 27, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian Orthodox Church

A petition, public protest and open division among the Bulgarian Orthodox Church have followed the church’s new rules legitimising the

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Bulgaria News World 

Democratic Egypt has our support, Bulgarian FM Mladenov says

June 25, 2012May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Nikolai Mladenov

The choice of Mohammed Mursi – the first civilian president in the history of Egypt – is a sign of

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Bulgaria's Economy Energy and Tourism Minister Delyan Dobrev, left.
Bulgaria Business News 

First part of 2012 has seen increased investments in Bulgaria – Economy Minister

June 25, 2012May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Delyan Dobrev

The first four months of 2012 have seen close to seven times more investments in Bulgaria than in the same

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