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Day: August 16, 2012

Business 

Bulgaria begins construction of gas pipeline to Romania

August 16, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria has started construction works on the gas pipeline that will link the country’s gas distribution network to that of

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria knew about drug bust on Bulgarian ship in advance – PM

August 16, 2012August 16, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said on August 16 that Bulgarian law enforcement agencies were aware of the impeding drug

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria releases image of second suicide bombing suspect

August 16, 2012August 16, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry released on August 16 a reconstructed image of the second man believed to be involved in the

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Europe News 

Communist symbol ban spreads among Russia’s neighbors

August 16, 2012June 2, 2013 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief Ukraine

In Lviv, Western Ukraine nationalists fought last year to block communists from bringing red flags to the city’s World War

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Bulgaria News World 

Bulgaria warns citizens to be ready to quit Lebanon if spillover of problems from Syria worsens

August 16, 2012August 16, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a call on August 16 2012 for Bulgarians in Lebanon to “exercise the utmost

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Bulgaria News 

Spain arrests 22 on Bulgarian ship trafficking close to 3 tons of cocaine

August 16, 2012August 16, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Twenty-two Bulgarians are in custody in Cadiz after Spanish authorities arrested Bourgas-registered vessel Saint Nikolai on the high seas in

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Bulgaria 

Early-morning bomb blast at Sofia pop-folk club

August 16, 2012August 16, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

An explosive device estimated to have been the equivalent of 200 grams of TNT detonated outside the Kosharite folk club

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