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Day: July 9, 2012

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OECD sees new signs of global economic slowdown

July 9, 2012July 9, 2012 Ken Bredemeier of VOANews

A new report is signaling that most of the world’s major economies will slow in the coming months, with only Brazil

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Bulgaria Business News 

Court settles ownership of Bulgaria’s Plovdiv fair

July 9, 2012 Alex Bivol

Bulgaria’s supreme court of cassation ruled to confirm the judgment of an appellate court that kept the Plovdiv International Fair

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Bulgaria News World 

Bulgaria hails conduct of Libyan elections

July 9, 2012July 9, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

The high voter turnout in the July 7 2012 national assembly elections in Libya shows that the country’s people want

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Bulgaria News 

Heat wave prompts ‘code orange’ weather warning in Bulgaria

July 9, 2012July 9, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

The unrelenting heat scalding Bulgaria for the past week is set to continue, prompting the meteorology institute of the Bulgarian

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Europe News 

Prosecution opens case against Bosnian wartime commander Mladić

July 9, 2012July 9, 2012 VOANews

United Nations prosecutors will open their case against Bosnian Serb wartime commander Ratko Mladić on Monday, with their first witness

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Bulgaria People 

AmCham Bulgaria’s Independence Day Community Party 2012

July 9, 2012July 8, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

The American Chamber of Commerce in Bulgaria held its traditional Independence Day Community Party at the American College of Sofia

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Bulgaria Perspectives 

Bulgaria’s ‘Archon’ controversy: The power and the story

July 9, 2012July 7, 2012 Momchil Metodiev

The Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s governing body, the Holy Synod, decided on June 20 2012 to introduce the “honorary title of

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No more hidden fees: Airlines forced to be upfront with pricing

July 9, 2012July 7, 2012 The Budapest Times

Airlines across Europe have been forced to change their booking systems to make “hidden fees” more obvious to customers during

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Leisure 

Wine Olympics: Sampling an unlikely variety of English wines

July 9, 2012May 6, 2013 John and Helena Baker for The Prague Post

With the eyes of the world on this year’s Olympics in London, it might be timely to cast an eye

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