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Day: November 16, 2012

Bulgaria News Perspectives 

Bulgaria’s constitutional quandary shows no sign of resolution

November 16, 2012May 22, 2013 Alex Bivol judiciary

A day after Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev cut short the swearing-in ceremony of four new Constitutional Court judges – “to

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Leisure 

Tickets for The Wall Live in Sofia concert go on sale

November 16, 2012August 8, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Concert promoter Sofia Music Enterprises said that tickets for Roger Waters’ visual masterpiece, The Wall Live, went on sale on

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Bulgaria News 

Gambling fever grips Bulgaria as record jackpot rolls over

November 16, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

More than 1.5 million lottery tickets were played ahead of the November 15 Bulgarian state lottery draw as people queued

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Perspectives 

Can the BBC pass its next test?

November 16, 2012November 16, 2012 Hector Poole

The BBC, once seen as a bastion of excellence worldwide, especially in its news department, is now engulfed by crisis.

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Bulgaria Business Europe News Perspectives 

Which group of ‘friends’ can win the EU budget battle?

November 16, 2012May 22, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

If the topic of the European Union’s future budget does not interest you that much, the answer to the question

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria’s restaurants and bars invest in keeping smokers outdoors warm in the face of winter

November 16, 2012November 16, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

The strict ban on smoking in enclosed public spaces that came into force in Bulgaria in June 2012 is producing

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Bulgaria Business News 

Brits in Bulgaria discuss positives, challenges of doing business

November 16, 2012November 16, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Generally positive views of the future of the business environment in Bulgaria – along with some concerns about bureaucracy and

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Bulgaria News 

Three die in fire in Old Town of Bulgaria’s Sozopol

November 16, 2012November 16, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Three people, a woman and her two elderly parents, died in a fire that destroyed an old wooden house in

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News World 

Curiosity rover helps scientists plan for human missions to Mars

November 16, 2012November 16, 2012 Suzanne Presto of VOANews

NASA’s Curiosity rover is three months into its two-year mission on Mars as it investigates whether conditions there ever could

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