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Day: December 19, 2012

Leisure 

Film review: An expected journey with ‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey’

December 19, 2012 Elena Pashkovskaya of The Kyiv Post

Everybody who enjoyed “The Lord Of The Rings” epic trilogy was looking forward to the moment when another John Ronald

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Europe News World 

Russian parliament passes measure banning US adoptions

December 19, 2012 VOANews

Russia’s parliament has approved a measure banning Americans from adopting Russian children. Lawmakers from Russia’s lower house of parliament, the

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria faces new snowfalls overnight after day of traffic disruptions and power cuts in villages

December 19, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Eastern Bulgaria was facing a night of heavy snowfalls that in combination with strong winds would mean snowdrifts, weather forecasters

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian Cabinet mandates Defence Minister to negotiate purchase of fighter jets without calling tender

December 19, 2012December 19, 2012 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Bulgaria’s Cabinet, in a December 19 2012 decision, handed Defence Minister Anyu Angelov a mandate to negotiate the purchase of

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Business Europe News 

Gazprom cuts South Stream investment, bullish on rising exports – reports

December 19, 2012June 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff energy, South Stream

Two weeks after the ceremonial welding of the first pipes of the South Stream pipeline, Russia’s state-owned gas company Gazprom

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Bulgaria Europe News 

EC proposes big horror pictures on cigarette packs, ban on flavoured tobacco

December 19, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Horrific photographs depicting the consequences of smoking, covering most of the outside of cigarette packets, along with a ban on

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Europe News 

Romanian prime minister-designate announces line-up of expanded cabinet

December 19, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Romania’s prime minister-designate Victor Ponta announced the line-up of an expanded government on December 19, the same day that the

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian Parliament passes Asset Forfeiture Act amendments

December 19, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

Bulgaria’s Parliament passed at second reading on December 19 amendments to the Asset Forfeiture Act, the law regulating the confiscation

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Bulgaria News 

More arrests of teenagers amid spate of hoax bomb calls in Bulgaria

December 19, 2012December 19, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian police announced a series of arrests on December 18 2012 after separate incidents in which hoax bomb calls have

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