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Day: October 4, 2012

Bulgaria Europe News 

Bulgaria condemns Syrian attack on Turkish territory as gross violation of international law

October 4, 2012October 4, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Syria’s actions in the mortar attack on Turkish territory, in which five people including children died, represent a gross violation

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Bulgaria Business News 

Bulgaria’s Cabinet approves steps to cut red tape burdening business

October 4, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria is to cut back on the documentation and time-consuming procedures that have been burdens on businesses, according to a

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Bulgaria Leisure News 

Bulgaria expects good winter tourism season, deputy minister Marinov says

October 4, 2012June 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

A good winter tourist season is expected in Bulgaria, especially on the Russian market where the things are doing well,

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News Perspectives World 

US presidential debate blog 2012: No game-changing moment, but a recovery for Romney?

October 4, 2012October 4, 2012 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

The first live televised 2012 presidential election debate between the Democrats’ US president Barack Obama and Republican Party candidate Mitt

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Europe News 

Greece predicts it will reach new funding deal

October 4, 2012 VOANews

Greece’s finance chief is predicting the country will reach an agreement with its international lenders by Monday to release another

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Europe News Perspectives World 

Russia Watch: Is Ivanishvili a Trojan Horse for Russia’s return to Georgia?

October 4, 2012October 4, 2012 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief

In the run-up to Georgia’s parliamentary vote, supporters of President Mikheil Saakashvili derided their opponent, billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili, as “a

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Europe News 

Tensions over LGBT Belgrade Pride parade expose rifts in Serbia’s civil rights approach

October 4, 2012October 4, 2012 Harriet Salem for The Prague Post

As the government hesitates to permit a gay rights parade in Serbia’s capital, the surrounding controversy sheds light on the

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Europe News World 

Serbia bans gay pride parade

October 4, 2012October 4, 2012 VOANews

Serbian authorities have canceled Saturday’s gay pride parade in Belgrade for security reasons. The Interior Ministry Wednesday said the risk

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Bulgaria Leisure News 

International Guitar Festival 2012 in Plovdiv from October 11 to 13

October 4, 2012October 3, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

The International Guitar Festival in Plovdiv 2012 is being held from October 11 to 13 at the Drama Theatre in

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