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Month: October 2012

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Without US funds, UNESCO struggling to stay afloat

October 12, 2012February 10, 2016 Lisa Bryant of VOANews Irina Bokova

Washington’s suspension of dues to UNESCO after Palestine became a formal member last year has left the U.N. agency grappling

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Europe News 

Czech Officials deny rumors of Dukovany nuclear power plant closure

October 12, 2012October 12, 2012 Jonathan Crane of The Prague Post

The Dukovany nuclear power plant was never at risk of being shut down, despite reports to the contrary in the

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Bulgaria 

Talks with potential contractors for first Polish nuclear plant underway

October 12, 2012October 12, 2012 The Warsaw Voice

PGE EJ, a unit of power group PGE tasked with building Poland’s first nuclear power plant, will conclude the initial

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Business Europe News 

Škoda makes big inroads into China

October 12, 2012October 12, 2012 Daniel Bardsley for The Prague Post

When Petr Vávra, a counselor at the Czech Embassy in Beijing, recently spent a couple of days in Lianyungang, a

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Bulgaria Leisure 

Five Disney On Ice shows in Sofia in November

October 11, 2012October 12, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

The Disney On Ice – Europe-Let’s Party show will be performed in Sofia’s Armeec Arena on November 9, 10 and

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Bulgaria News 

Police arrest Plovdiv lawyer and a family for attempt to defraud banks of 2M euro

October 11, 2012October 11, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian police have arrested a Plovdiv lawyer and an entire family for allegedly attempting to defraud banks of about two

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian President nominates Prosecutor-General Velchev to Constitutional Court

October 11, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev has nominated Prosecutor-General Boris Velchev to the country’s Constitutional Court, the President announced on October 11

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria’s Parliament gives ‘amnesty’ to pre-2001 illegal buildings

October 11, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Buildings put up between 1987 and the end of March 2001 without construction permission will be exempt from mandatory demolition,

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian President to begin consultations on Belene referendum question on October 12

October 11, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev will on October 12 2012 begin holding talks with political parties on the wording of the

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