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Month: July 2012

line of umbrellas on a beach in Greece photo Clive Leviev-Sawyer
Europe Leisure News 

Holiday season: European Commission’s useful tips for a worry-free summer 2012

July 10, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

With the holiday season already starting and millions of Europeans intending on travelling within and outside the European Union, there

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Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the Eurogroup and prime minister of Luxembourg
Europe News 

Eurogroup finance ministers agree to lend Spain 30BN euro to aid banks

July 10, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The finance ministers of the 17-member Eurogroup have agreed to a 30 billion euro bailout loan to Spain to assist

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Europe News 

Romanians seek voice in Budapest

July 10, 2012July 10, 2012 The Budapest Times

Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania (RMDSZ), a party representing ethnic Hungarians in Romania, wants to field candidates in the

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria’s smoking ban has not made many smokers give up – survey

July 10, 2012July 10, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

The ban on smoking in enclosed public places that came into effect in Bulgaria on June 1 2012 has not

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Bulgaria Europe News 

EU judges to visit Bulgaria to analyse delays in high-profile trials

July 10, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

Serving judges and prosecutors from five European Union states are coming to Bulgaria to look into the reasons for delays

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Business News World 

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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