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Month: August 2012

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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Business News World 

Pfizer to pay $60M fine for bribes abroad, including in Bulgaria

August 9, 2012August 9, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Pharmaceutical company Pfizer has agreed to pay a $60 million fine to the US government in order to end an

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Business Europe News 

Greek jobless rate hits record 23%

August 9, 2012May 22, 2013 VOANews

Greece says its jobless rate hit 23 per cent in May, an all-time high for the debt-ridden country. The newest

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Bulgaria News World 

Spike in phone calls to Lebanon preceded Bourgas suicide bombing – report

August 9, 2012August 9, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

In the absence of any news concerning the investigation of the suicide bombing at the Sarafovo airport in Bourgas, Bulgarian

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Europe News 

‘Anonymous’ attacks Ukrainian government websites and threatens with further action

August 9, 2012August 9, 2012 Jesper Larsen of The Kyiv Post

The online activist group “Anonymous” has shut down three government websites in retaliation for last week’s government shutdown of the

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Business Europe News 

Standard and Poor’s affirms Poland’s rating

August 9, 2012August 9, 2012 The Warsaw Voice

Standard & Poor’s ratings agency has affirmed Poland’s foreign currency rating at A-/A-2′ , while maintained the country’s local currency

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Europe News 

Hungarian ruling party Fidesz, Catholic Church hit by Google bomb

August 9, 2012August 9, 2012 The Budapest Times

Hungarian internet users searching for “whores” (kurvák) or “gangsters” (gengszterek) found themselves directed to the website of the ruling Fidesz

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News World 

US says gunman in Sikh killings committed suicide

August 9, 2012August 9, 2012 VOANews

U.S. authorities now say the gunman who killed six worshippers at a Sikh temple last weekend killed himself after being

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News World 

Russian judge sets date for verdict in controversial rock band trial

August 9, 2012August 9, 2012 Jessica Golloher of VOANews

A Moscow judge says she will issue a verdict in the controversial trial of three Russian feminist punk rockers on

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