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Year: 2012

Greek prime minister Antonis Samaras
Europe News 

Greek PM Samaras predicts economic growth by 2014

July 25, 2012May 22, 2013 VOANews

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is pledging that the economy in his recession-plagued country can start to grow again by

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Europe News 

Germany’s credit warning underscores euro zone problems

July 25, 2012May 22, 2013 Lisa Bryant of VOANews

Stock markets and the euro currency dipped Tuesday after the international financial-rating agency Moody’s lowered its credit outlook for Europe’s

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Leisure 

Buckingham’s Bulgarian bandit

July 24, 2012July 24, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

English-language historical fiction set in Bulgaria is not exactly widely available so fans of the genre will be thrilled with

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Bulgaria News 

Once more round the merry-go-round: Parliament debates no-confidence vote over CVM

July 24, 2012May 22, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer judiciary

The hours that ticked by in Bulgaria’s National Assembly as MPs debated the motion of no confidence in Prime Minister

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Bulgaria News World 

Progress in investigation into Bourgas airport suicide bomb terrorist attack, Bulgarian PM says

July 24, 2012July 25, 2012 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

There is progress in the investigation into the July 18 suicide bomb terrorist attack against Israeli tourists at Bourgas Airport,

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Bulgaria News 

Hotel security assault TV crew reporting on security measures at Sunny Beach hotel

July 24, 2012July 24, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

A reporting team from public broadcaster Bulgarian National Television (BNT), covering security measures at hotels in Sunny Beach after the

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Fitch rating agency concerned about worsening credit outlooks

July 24, 2012May 22, 2013 William Gallo of VOANews

A major financial services agency says ongoing worries over the eurozone crisis and a recent increase in negative credit outlooks

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Bulgaria News 

Number of people in Bulgaria sentenced for tax crimes triples to close to 2000

July 24, 2012July 24, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

A total of 1979 people in Bulgaria were sentenced for tax crimes in 2011, close to three times the number

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Bulgaria Leisure News 

Searchlight Tutrakan! Bulgarian Danube alight

July 24, 2012July 24, 2012 Molly Burke Kirova

If you don’t know where the historic fishing town of Tutrakan is, you are far from alone. Visits were discouraged

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