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Day: August 10, 2012

Sport 

Bulgaria opens Olympic medals count, all eyes on volleyball

August 10, 2012August 10, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

After almost two weeks of disappointing results by Bulgarian athletes in the London Olympics, the country won its first medal,

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Bulgaria Business News 

S&P raises Bulgaria’s short-term, affirms long-term ratings

August 10, 2012August 10, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

International credit ratings agency Standard&Poor’s (S&P) said on August 10 that it raised Bulgaria’s short-term foreign and local currency sovereign

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News World 

Perseid meteor shower peaks on August 11-12

August 10, 2012August 10, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Every year in August, the Perseid meteor shower makes an impressive lights show in the skies over the northern hemisphere

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News World 

Battle for Aleppo continues

August 10, 2012August 10, 2012 VOANews

Syrian activists say government forces launched a new bombardment of Aleppo Friday, continuing their offensive against rebel-held areas in the

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Europe News 

Design of monument to late Polish presidential couple unveiled

August 10, 2012August 10, 2012 The Warsaw Voice

A design of a monument to the late Polish president Lech Kaczynski and his wife Maria, both killed in an

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Leisure 

Film review: The Bourne Legacy

August 10, 2012August 10, 2012 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

It seemed like a really silly idea to try to continue the Bourne film franchise without Matt Damon starring in

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Europe News Perspectives 

Hungary commentary: Orbán’s ill wind could blow his house down

August 10, 2012August 10, 2012 Benjamin Tallis of The Prague Post

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s recent remarks, welcoming an “Eastern Wind” that can blow in a mix of economic dynamism

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Bulgaria Europe News 

Bulgaria, Romania face EU sanctions of Danube River ferry – report

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

Bulgaria and Romania could face “serious financial sanctions” imposed by the European Union if the two countries fail to launch

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Bulgaria News 

Thunderstorms help contain wildfires in Bulgaria

August 10, 2012August 10, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Cooler weather and rain has helped Bulgarian fire-fighters contain the worst of the wildfires that popped all over the country

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