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Month: August 2012

Business Europe News 

Experts call for action as Europe’s crisis festers

August 30, 2012May 22, 2013 Al Pessin of VOANews

Europe’s economic crisis has continued over the summer, while attention was diverted by the Olympics, the war in Syria and

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Business 

Bulgaria signs offshore oil exploration deal with France’s Total

August 29, 2012April 19, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgarian Economy and Energy Minister Delyan Dobrev signed on August 29 the contract granting French firm Total a five-year exploration

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Bulgaria Business News 

Bulgaria targets e-government roll-out for July 2013

August 29, 2012August 29, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Electronic government, an area that Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov earlier declared as a priority for his Cabinet this year,

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Bulgaria Europe News World 

EU ready to increase funding to cope with Syrian humanitarian crisis, Georgieva says

August 29, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s European Commissioner, Kristalina Georgieva, has welcomed the UN Security Council French Presidency’s initiative to put the humanitarian situation in

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian municipalities told to insure property against natural disasters

August 29, 2012August 29, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Government approved on August 29 a draft of amendments to the Municipal Property Act that will require all city

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Bulgaria News 

Bourgas Airport employee arrested after silver jewellery stolen from tourist’s luggage

August 29, 2012August 29, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

A 25-year-old baggage handler at Bulgaria’s Bourgas Airport has been taken into custody by police after the handler allegedly stole

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Bulgaria News 

German found murdered in Bulgaria’s Bourgas sea garden

August 29, 2012August 29, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

A 48-year-old German citizen was found dead at 3am on August 29 2012 in the sea garden area of Bulgaria’s

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News World 

Numbers of Syrian refugees strain neighbouring countries

August 29, 2012August 29, 2012 Dorian Jones and Lisa Schlein of VOANews

The United Nations refugee agency says the number of Syrians fleeing to neighboring countries is swelling, signaling what could be

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News Perspectives World 

From Lance Armstrong to Russian Arctic Oil: From accountability to impunity

August 29, 2012August 29, 2012 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief

There is a golden thread that links Lance Armstrong, the disgraced American cyclist, to the Greenpeace climbers clambering about the

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