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Month: October 2012

Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria’s debt collectors to be able to attach bank accounts electronically from January 1

October 21, 2012October 21, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s debt collectors will be able to attach bank accounts of defaulting debtors electronically from January 1 2013, when amendments

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Bulgaria News 

Taxi fare prices in Sofia to increase by 20% in November

October 21, 2012October 21, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Taxi fare prices in Sofia will increase by an average of 20 per cent at the beginning of November 2012,

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Bulgaria News 

Sofia Blue Zone parking system is cutting traffic, earning cash, ruling party councillors say

October 21, 2012October 21, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

The system of “blue zone” and “green zone” paid parking areas in Bulgaria’s capital city, introduced at the end of

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Bulgaria Leisure 

‘So Independent’ Film Festival for a third year in Sofia

October 21, 2012October 21, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

The Sofia Independent Film Festival takes place in Sofia for a third consecutive year. It starts on October 25 and

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Bulgaria 

More traffic fines will chase down drivers across borders

October 21, 2012October 21, 2012 The Budapest Times

While motorists parking illegally with a foreign licence plate in Bulgaria, Croatia, Austria and Hungary will mostly remain unpunished, residents

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian Border Police arrest 41 for illegal border-crossing

October 21, 2012October 21, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Border Police arrested 41 people for illegal crossing the border into the country between 8am on October 20 2012

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Europe News 

Euro zone leaders praise Greek austerity efforts

October 21, 2012May 22, 2013 VOANews

Eurozone leaders are praising the efforts of debt-ridden Greece to resolve its financial woes and resume its cost-cutting austerity. Some

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Europe News 

Euro crisis fuels pro-independence movements

October 21, 2012May 22, 2013 Henry Ridgwell of VOANews

Pro-independence parties have won a series of elections across Europe in recent days, many of them campaigning on anti-austerity platforms.

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Business Europe News Perspectives 

Plans aplenty, but little certainty for nuclear power in Eastern Europe

October 19, 2012May 22, 2013 Alex Bivol energy

The proposed nuclear power plant at Belene has dominated public discourse in Bulgaria in recent weeks and with good reason,

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