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Day: October 15, 2012

Bulgaria Business Europe News 

Bulgaria’s SME performance outdoes EU average, study finds

October 15, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s small, medium and micro enterprise (SME) sector has stabilised after the crisis with noticeably more businesses, jobs and value

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Bulgaria News 

New series of arrests of illegal immigrants by Bulgarian police near Turkish border

October 15, 2012October 15, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Recent days have seen a new series of arrests by Bulgarian border police of would-be illegal immigrants, mainly from Middle

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Europe News 

New move to scrap Schengen visa exemption for Serbians and Macedonians because of fake asylum claims

October 15, 2012June 2, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer European Commission, Macedonia, Schengen, Serbia

European Union interior ministers are to be asked at a meeting on October 25 2012 to consider revoking the Schengen

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Bulgaria News 

Sofia police arrest Bulgarian wanted by Dutch to serve jail term for organised crime

October 15, 2012October 15, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Police arrested a 40-year-old Bulgarian at a Sofia metro underground railway station, acting on an international arrest warrant issued by

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Bulgaria News 

‘Ten Days of Volunteering’ underway in Bulgaria

October 15, 2012October 15, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

October 13 saw the formal launch of “10 Days of Volunteering” a project marking 10 years of Volunteer Days in

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News World 

Skydiver breaks record for highest jump

October 15, 2012October 15, 2012 VOANews

Austrian Felix Baumgartner has become the first skydiver to break the speed of sound. Brian Utley of the International Federation

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Bulgaria Europe News 

Europol issues warning to computer users on police ransomware malware scam

October 15, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Europol has issued a warning to computer users about the police “ransomware” malware scam that seeks to defraud people of

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Europe News 

Opposition leading in Lithuanian elections, according to exit polls

October 15, 2012October 15, 2012 VOANews

Lithuania’s left-wing opposition has taken the lead in Sunday’s parliamentary elections. Exit polls show the left-wing Labor Party in first

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Europe News 

Montenegro ruling party set to keep power

October 15, 2012October 15, 2012 VOANews

Montenegro’s ruling coalition has taken a strong lead in Sunday’s parliamentary election. Exit polls show the center-left Democratic Party of

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