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Day: October 24, 2012

Leisure 

Belle Époque glamour goes on display in Sofia

October 24, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

The National Gallery for Foreign Art in Sofia will host one of its largest exhibitions in recent years starting October

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Bulgaria Business Europe News 

Danube Bridge 2 to open for business in spring 2013

October 24, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov and his Romanian counterpart Victor Ponta took a stroll on October 24 on the completed

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News World 

Rockets slam southern Israel, Israeli strikes back

October 24, 2012October 24, 2012 VOANews

Dozens of rockets have been fired from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel, wounding several people, while Israeli warplanes have

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Bulgaria Europe News 

EU asks Bulgaria to implement pesticide use regulations

October 24, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Commission asked on October 24 that seven countries, Bulgaria included, pass legislation to ensure compliance with the directive

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Bulgaria Business News 

Nuclear reactor at Bulgaria’s Kozloduy plant back in operation

October 24, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s Kozloduy nuclear power plant said on October 26 that it has restarted operations at the nuclear reactor taken offline

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Bulgarian Parliament drops Belene off nuclear referendum question

October 24, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgarian MPs approved on October 24 the wording of the question for the plebiscite on the future of nuclear energy

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News World 

Bulgarian pleads guilty in Chicago scam fraud case

October 24, 2012October 24, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

A Bulgarian national arrested in March on charges of financial crimes pleaded guilty on October 23 and was sentenced to

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian prosecutors ask to investigate two MPs

October 24, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s prosecutor-general has asked Parliament to lift the immunity from prosecution from two MP, deputy speaker Anastas Anastassov said on

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Europe News 

EU bigwigs will bask in Nobel glory

October 24, 2012May 22, 2013 The Budapest Times

It took almost a week: the EU, this year’s Nobel Peace Prize winner, announced on Thursday it has finally decided

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