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Month: December 2012

Bulgaria News 

Virtual Museum of Sofia launched

December 13, 2012December 13, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

A “Virtual Museum of Serdica – Sredets – Sofia” was launched on December 13 2012, its name referring to the

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Bulgaria Business News 

Bulgaria to set up telecom network for state administration – report

December 13, 2012December 13, 2012 VOANews

Bulgaria planned to build a self-contained telecom network for the use of the state administration, saving millions of leva in

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Bulgaria Leisure News 

Helicopters to be on standby to assist in rescues at Bulgarian winter resorts

December 13, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Two helicopters will be on standby to assist in mountain rescues at Bulgaria’s popular Bansko and Borovets ski resorts while

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Europe News 

Banking union: EU reaches euro zone bank supervision deal

December 13, 2012May 22, 2013 VOANews

European Union finance ministers have reached a deal to create a single supervisor for eurozone banks, in a bid to

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Bulgaria Europe News 

Illegal drugs and stolen goods seized in international operation at 28 European airports

December 13, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Couriers have been arrested and drugs and stolen goods seized as law enforcement authorities from 15 countries carried out a

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Bulgaria News 

President Plevneliev discusses Bulgarian – African trade ties with African ambassadors in Sofia

December 13, 2012December 13, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

The state of trade, economic and political ties with African countries were discussed at a December 12 2012 meeting between

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Europe News World 

Greece to prosecute first maritime piracy case with evidence gathered by Interpol team

December 13, 2012December 13, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Evidence gathered by an Interpol Incident Response Team (IRT) following the release of the hijacked oil tanker Irene SL in

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Europe News 

ICTY sentences Bosnia Serb intelligence chief over Srebrenica and Zepa

December 13, 2012December 13, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

A United Nations war crimes tribunal on December 12 2012 sentenced a former Bosnian Serb military chief to life imprisonment after convicting

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Leisure 

Lincoln, Les Miserables among leaders in Screen Actors Guild nominations

December 13, 2012December 13, 2012 VOANews

The American civil war drama “Lincoln,” the musical “Les Miserables,” and the comedic “Silver Linings Playbook” are in the forefront

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