Czech Republic: Who’s to blame for methanol poisoning?
The wave of deaths from methanol poisoning could have been avoided if successive Czech governments had not willfully ignored the
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Month: October 2012
Ukraine blames ‘foreign’ security forces in Russian activist’s disappearance
Ukrainian officials say foreign security agencies are responsible for the disappearance of a Russian opposition activist, who said he was
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Reporters Without Borders slams action by four Bulgarian banks against website
Reporters Without Borders said on October 24 2012 that it strongly condemns the proceedings that four banks have initiated through
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PM fires police spokesperson for calling man who photographed sleeping police a ‘fool’
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov ordered the Interior Ministry to fire Varna police spokesperson Kalinka Pencheva after she publicly called
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A look at Halloween films
Halloween has given rise to another tradition – that of releasing a new scary film every year around this time,
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Bulgarian Parliament passes deposit interest tax
Bulgarian MPs approved at first reading on October 25 amendments to the country’s tax laws that will make interest on
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IPhone 5 to go on sale in Bulgaria on November 2
Bulgaria’s two largest mobile carriers, Mtel and Globul, will offer the latest iteration of Apple’s iPhone smartphone starting November 2,
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Bulgarian state lottery jackpot set to hit 5.5 million leva
An estimated 5.5 million leva (about 2.8 million euro) are expected to be up for grabs in one of the
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Months after disasters, some residents of Bulgaria’s Bisser and Pernik still awaiting relief
Eight months after fatal flooding hit the village of Bisser and five months after the mining town of Pernik was
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