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Day: July 2, 2012

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New EU caps on data roaming go into effect

July 2, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

European Union’s first step towards drastically reduced data roaming charges went into effect on July 1, making it cheaper to

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Bulgaria Business Europe News 

EU unemployment hits new record high of 10.3%

July 2, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Unemployment in the European Union was 10.3 per cent in May 2012, the highest since EU statistics office Eurostat started

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Business 

Czech Energo-Pro completes acquisition of E.ON’s Bulgarian business

July 2, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff energy

German utility E.ON said that it has completed the sale of its Bulgarian subsidiary to private Czech energy group Energo-Pro

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Bulgaria News 

Volunteers join in to fight forest fire on Mount Vitosha

July 2, 2012July 2, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

About 350 people, nearly a third of them volunteers, were fighting a forest fire on Mount Vitosha near the village

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Bulgaria Europe News 

Bulgaria’s President Plevneliev visiting Germany

July 2, 2012July 2, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev is visiting Germany on July 2 and 3 2012 at the invitation of his German counterpart

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian PM inspects archaeological site at Struma motorway

July 2, 2012June 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, motorways

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov, Minister of Regional Development and Public Works Lilyana Pavlova and Minister of Culture Vezhdi Rashidov

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Bulgaria Leisure News 

Sand sculpture festival opens in Bulgaria’s Bourgas

July 2, 2012July 2, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Sculptures of Aladdin and Harlequin are to open the sand festival in the Bulgarian Black Sea coastal city of Bourgas,

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Bulgaria News 

Battle against blaze on Sofia’s Vitosha mountain continues

July 2, 2012July 2, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Firefighters battling the blaze that started on Sofia’s Vitosha mountain on July 1 said early on July 2 that the

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Business Europe News World 

Iran braces for EU embargo

July 2, 2012May 22, 2013 Lisa Bryant of VOANews

European Union sanctions against imports of Iranian oil went into effect Sunday. The sanctions are part of a growing arsenal

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