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Year: 2012

Europe News 

Tymoshenko new target for dirty election campaign

June 29, 2012June 29, 2012 Svitlana Tuchynska of The Kyiv Post

As political ads fill billboards and media all over the country ahead of the Oct. 28 parliament elections, Yulia Tymoshenko

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Business 

Bulgaria to increase electricity prices by 13% on July 1

June 29, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Electricity prices in Bulgaria will increase by 13 per cent, rather than 10 per cent as previously announced, starting July

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Bulgaria News 

Bomb blast rocks Bulgarian town of Sandanski

June 29, 2012June 29, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

One man was severely injured in a bomb blast that rocked the town of Sandanski in southwestern Bulgaria on June

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Bulgaria Leisure News 

Boozed-up tourists bother Bulgaria’s Sunny Beach

June 29, 2012June 29, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

In less than a month, four drunken foreign tourists have fallen from their hotel rooms in Bulgaria’s Black Sea resort

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News Sport World 

Golf: The British Open – Picking a major winner

June 29, 2012June 29, 2012 Alan Rogut

With the next major championship, the British Open, on the horizon, it is becoming harder than ever to pick a

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Europe News 

Senior UN official calls for probe into latest incident in Kosovo

June 29, 2012June 29, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

The United Nations envoy for Kosovo has condemned the incidents that occurred there on June 28 2012, particularly the attack on

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Europe News 

Europe weighing Italian, Spanish debt relief

June 29, 2012May 22, 2013 VOANews

European leaders are weighing the possibility of using the eurozone’s financial rescue fund to make direct debt purchases from Italy

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Bulgaria News 

German MP and gay rights campaigner to join Sofia Pride

June 28, 2012June 28, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Volker Beck, a member of Germany’s lower house of parliament, will visit Bulgaria to join the Sofia Pride parade, scheduled

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria to tackle reckless jet-ski riders

June 28, 2012June 28, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Transport Ministry said on June 28 that it would launch unannounced checks on Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast to ensure

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