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Month: October 2012

News World 

Obama, Romney concentrate on ‘swing states’

October 25, 2012 VOANews

U.S. President Barack Obama is crisscrossing the nation on a marathon campaign tour Thursday, while Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney

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News Perspectives World 

Russia Watch: Is Russia’s Putin a secret fan of Mitt Romney?

October 25, 2012October 25, 2012 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief

The conventional wisdom is that the Kremlin would like to see Barack Obama back in the White House next year.

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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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Bulgaria Business News 

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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