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Year: 2012

Europe News World 

CIA flights: EU states must investigate secret detention sites in Europe, EP committee says

July 11, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

European Union member states must investigate whether there were secret prisons or facilities on their territory where people were held

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Business Europe News 

Euro zone could shed further 4.5M jobs by 2016 – UN report

July 11, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

If current economic policies do not change quickly, the 17-member euro zone may lose 4.5 million jobs over the next

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Europe News World 

Russia sends warships to Mediterranean

July 11, 2012July 11, 2012 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief

For the last year, the Russian government has tried to project an image of neutrality in the increasingly bloody conflict

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Europe News World 

Russia hosts talks with Syrian opposition

July 11, 2012July 11, 2012 VOANews

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is set to host talks Wednesday with the head of the Syrian National Council, the

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Europe News World 

Bosnia marks 17th anniversary of Srebrenica massacre

July 11, 2012July 11, 2012 VOANews

Bosnia-Herzegovina is set to mark the 17th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre of thousands of Muslim men and boys at

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Cobbled street in the old town of Plovdiv Bulgaria photo Clive Leviev-Sawyer
Bulgaria Leisure 

Free sightseeing tours offered in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv

July 11, 2012July 11, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Free sightseeing tours, similar to those in Sofia and Varna, start in Bulgaria’s second city of Plovdiv on July 13

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Bulgaria Business News 

Ski lifts on Sofia’s Vitosha mountain to resume operations

July 10, 2012July 10, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Ski lifts on Vitosha mountain near Sofia, which were halted last year by the company that holds the concession, will

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria’s Food Safety Agency to check cooking oil

July 10, 2012July 10, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Food Safety Agency is starting large-scale check-ups of cooking oil used at catering establishments, according to Agriculture and Food

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Bulgaria News 

Sofia’s stray dog control firm hits out at people’s ‘irresponsibility’

July 10, 2012July 10, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Sofia municipal company Ecoravnovesie, which is in charge of regulating the Bulgarian capital city’s stray dog population, has hit out

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