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Day: July 18, 2012

Bulgaria News World 

Israel sending experts to assist Bourgas bomb investigation, plane to take injured home

July 18, 2012July 18, 2012 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Israel’s foreign ministry has formed a team of experts to fly to Bourgas and assist local authorities in the investigation

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Bulgaria News World 

Israeli PM Netanyahu: Iran behind terrorist bomb attack in Bulgaria’s Bourgas

July 18, 2012July 18, 2012 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on July 18 2012 that “all signs” regarding the bomb explosion on a bus

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Bulgaria News World 

Six dead, more than 20 injured in explosion on bus carrying Israeli tourists at Bulgaria’s Bourgas airport: Updated

July 18, 2012July 18, 2012 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Six people are dead and more than 20 injured after an explosion on a bus carrying Israeli tourists at  the

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Bulgaria Europe News 

EC report makes clear Bulgaria has a long way to go against organised crime, corruption

July 18, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

The message in the European Commission’s five-year report on Bulgaria’s progress towards European Union standards in justice and home affairs

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Europe News 

Brussels places big question mark over Romania’s reforms

July 18, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Commission has serious concerns about recent challenges to the rule of law by Romania’s parliament and government and

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Bulgaria News Perspectives 

Commentary: Bulgaria’s perils on the path to a print media law

July 18, 2012July 18, 2012 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Boiko Borissov, annoyed at newspaper antics and alleging that some of his country’s journalists are “serving the

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Bulgaria News 

Parts of Bulgarian capital city Sofia to be without hot water for two months

July 18, 2012July 18, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Parts of Bulgarian capital city Sofia will be without hot water for periods ranging from just more than two weeks

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Business News World 

75% of people in the world have access to mobile phones – World Bank

July 18, 2012July 18, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

About three-quarters of the world’s inhabitants now have access to a mobile phone and the mobile communications story is moving

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Business News World 

Interpol Global Register, enabling checking for fakes, unveiled at Google Ideas INFO summit

July 18, 2012July 18, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

People will able to use mobile phones or other devices with internet connections to check whether goods are fake or

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