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Month: October 2012

Bulgaria Business News 

Bulgaria’s Sunny Beach resort had 7% increase in visitors in summer 2012, company says

October 30, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Black Sea resort of Sunny Beach (Slunchev Bryag) closed the summer 2012 summer season with a seven per cent

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian state railways to offer train tickets via SMS and online

October 30, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

From December 8 2012, it will be possible to buy train tickets by sending a text message and from 2013,

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Bulgaria News 

Sofia central railway station to be renovated by mid-2014

October 30, 2012October 30, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Sofia central railway station will be fully renovated within two-and-a-half years to meet all European requirements, according to Bulgarian Transport

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News World 

Hurricane Sandy disrupts international air travel

October 30, 2012October 30, 2012 Selah Hennessy VOANews

International flights were grounded Monday and more cancellations are expected as Hurricane Sandy makes its way toward and onto the

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Bulgaria Business News 

Putin to visit Bulgaria in December, not November – report

October 30, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Russian president Vladimir Putin will visit Bulgaria in December, not on November 9 as previously expected, public broadcaster Bulgarian National

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian former defence minister Tsonev acquitted in bribery trial

October 30, 2012October 30, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Nikolai Tsonev, the last defence minister in the tripartite coalition government of Bulgaria that was in office from 2005 to

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Business Europe News 

Surprise performer: forint gains most on dollar

October 30, 2012October 30, 2012 The Budapest Times

The forint has become the strongest performing currency worldwide in the past 12 months (from 15 October 2011), in relation

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Leisure 

Studio 5 programme: November 1-16

October 30, 2012October 30, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Studio 5 is a different kind of place – far from being yet another cool and posh bar, it is

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Europe News 

Ukraine elections: Panda votes in Kyiv, Darth Vader fails in Odessa

October 30, 2012October 30, 2012 Olga Rudenko of The Kyiv Post

It seems that Halloween has affected the parliamentary elections in Ukraine. Some voters came to the polling stations in very

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