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Year: 2012

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US ambassador-designate to Bulgaria Marcie Ries spells out priorities

July 21, 2012July 22, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Appearing in front of the US senate foreign relations committee on July 18 2012, US ambassador-designate in Sofia, Marcie B

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Bulgaria News 

AUBG Provost Cyrus Reed dies after serious vehicle accident

July 21, 2012July 22, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Dr Wm Cyrus Reed, who was Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at the American University in Bulgaria, has

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Bulgaria News 

Facebook was among the main sources of information on the Forestry Act protests

July 20, 2012July 20, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

The social network Facebook was among the main sources of information on the recent protests against the amendments to Bulgaria’s

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Bulgaria News 

Opposition parties criticise Bulgarian Government’s ‘failings’ over Bourgas terrorist bomb attack

July 20, 2012July 21, 2012 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

In the wake of the July 18 suicide bombing attack on Israeli tourists at BourgasAirport, which left seven people dead and

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Bulgaria News World 

Investigation continues into identity of suicide bomber at Bulgaria’s Bourgas Airport : Latest update

July 20, 2012July 20, 2012 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Investigations are continuing into the identity of the suicide bomber whose July 18 terrorist attack on Israeli tourists at Bulgaria’s

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Russia Watch: Why does the Kremlin defend the suspects in the Magnitsky case?

July 20, 2012July 21, 2012 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief

Many countries have mafias. I’ve reported on gangsters in Colombia, Mexico, and Brazil. I’ve spent time mulling the human landscapes

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Europe News 

Blanka Tunnel threatens relics: Dig unearths problems with Prague city funding for archaeology

July 20, 2012July 20, 2012 Filip Senk of The Prague Post

Archaeologists conducting research on the Blanka Tunnel construction site have made several important excavations, revealing new knowledge on Prague’s ancient

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Bulgaria News 

Socialists, Dogan’s party table motion of no confidence in Borissov Cabinet over CVM report

July 20, 2012July 20, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Seventy-four members of Parliament, mostly from the opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party and Ahmed Dogan’s Movement for Rights and Freedoms, have

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Leisure 

Film review: The Amazing Spider-man

July 20, 2012July 20, 2012 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

You may think we’ve seen it all before. In fact, we’ve seen it all before quite recently, having just gone

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