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Year: 2012

Europe News 

Romania threatens to make Hungarian House Speaker persona non grata

June 13, 2012May 27, 2013 Benedicte Williams of The Budapest Times Hungary, Romania

Parliament Speaker László Kövér left for Romania on Tuesday to campaign for an ethnic Hungarian party despite already soured relations

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Bulgaria News 

Heat wave weather warning for Bulgaria

June 13, 2012June 13, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

A “code yellow” hazardous weather warning has been issued for 19 districts in southwestern, eastern and central Bulgaria, the meteorological

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian traffic police get more mobile cameras

June 13, 2012June 13, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

As the 2012 summer holiday season gets underway,Bulgaria’s traffic police are using 42 new mobile cameras to catch reckless motorists

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Bulgaria Business News 

Bulgarian economy to grow 0.6% in 2012 – World Bank

June 13, 2012May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators, World Bank

Economic growth in Bulgaria will be 0.6 per cent this year, down from 1.7 per cent in 2011, the World

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Bulgarian PM Boyko Borissov and SA ambassador Sheila Camerer at ALC plant official opening
Bulgaria Business News 

SA investment in Bulgaria: PM welcomes ‘real job creation’

June 13, 2012June 13, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria welcomes all foreign investors who invest in real production and create jobs, Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said at the

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Business Europe News World 

Economic volatility here to stay, World Bank report says

June 13, 2012May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff World Bank

A positive start to 2012 has been reversed by a resurgence of tensions in the euro area, which have eroded

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Bulgaria Leisure 

You could be in the ‘Complaints Choir’

June 13, 2012June 13, 2012 Hristina Dimitrova

If you like singing and feel like complaining, you will get your chance to do both in September in Plovdiv.

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News World 

Britain warns Syria follows path of Balkans

June 13, 2012June 13, 2012 Henry Ridgwell of VOANews 0 Comments

Britain has warned that Syria risks becoming “the next Bosnia.” British Foreign Secretary William Hague said the Syrian government’s use

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Leisure 

‘Opera in the Park’ in Sofia

June 12, 2012May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

The third annual Opera in the Park is underway in Sofia, continuing until July 6 2012. The venue is the

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