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Day: September 26, 2012

Bulgaria Business News 

Bulgaria’s consumer watchdog slams banks on lending terms

September 26, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Commission for Consumer Protection (CCP) said on September 26 that it found illegal provisions in the lending terms of

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Bulgaria News 

Like this? Bulgarians trust Facebook more than they trust Parliament

September 26, 2012September 26, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarians trust Facebook more than they trust Parliament, 60 per cent believe the 2013 parliamentary election results will be rigged

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian Parliament concludes judicial council election

September 26, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

Bulgarian Parliament concluded on September 26 the election of the country’s next Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) by appointing 11 members

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Bulgaria News 

Construction of 27M leva ‘Bulgarian Louvre’ project starts

September 26, 2012September 26, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Building of the 27 million leva National Museum Complex in Sofia, better known by its colloquial title of the “Bulgarian

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria to offer free vaccinations against cervical cancer to girls aged 12

September 26, 2012September 26, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian general practitioners will be able to give girls of 12 years old vaccines against cervical cancer from October 1

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Bulgaria News 

Plovdiv terminates firm’s trolley bus contract amid wage strike drama

September 26, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Public bus transport in Bulgaria’s second city of Plovdiv was set to return to normal after the municipality transferred funds

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Europe News 

Smolensk plane crash victims buried in wrong graves

September 26, 2012September 26, 2012 The Warsaw Voice

A 2010 plane crash in Smolensk, western Russia that killed Poland’s President Lech Kaczynski and 95 others is again stirring

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Europe News World 

Pussy Riot among MEPs’ nominees for 2012 Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought

September 26, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Five nominations for the 2012 Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought were presented at a joint meeting of the European

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Europe News World 

Serbia willing to have ‘direct negotiations’ at highest political level on Kosovo, Nikolić says

September 26, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

While Serbia will never recognise the declaration of independence of Kosovo, Belgrade is willing to hold “direct negotiations” at the

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