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Year: 2012

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How to see the Transit of Venus from Bulgaria

June 5, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff final frontier

The Transit of Venus – the rare phenomenon that will see the planet Venus pass directly between the Earth and

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Bulgaria News 

Code yellow hazardous weather warning for Bulgaria

June 5, 2012June 6, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

A “code yellow” hazardous weather warning has been issued for 15 districts in western, northern and central Bulgaria, the meteorological

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Perspectives 

Bulgaria’s smoking ban: Let’s not be hysterical

June 5, 2012May 27, 2013 Hristina Dimitrova 0 Comments smoking

“So what are we going to do the day after tomorrow?” asks an elderly woman in the queue in the

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Clinton concerned about rising Armenia-Azerbaijan tensions

June 5, 2012June 6, 2012 Scott Stearns of VOANews

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says violence across the cease-fire zone separating Armenia and Azerbaijan could lead to greater

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Europe News 

Greeks divided as election stalemate looms again

June 5, 2012May 22, 2013 Henry Ridgwell of VOANews Greece

The final day of polling before the repeat election in Greece on June 17 showed the two main contenders neck

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria’s centre-right UDF names acting leader

June 5, 2012June 6, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

The national council of the Union of Democratic Forces (UDF), the minority right-wing party whose leader Martin Dimitrov stepped down

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Business 

In Bulgaria, country houses and first-floor apartments most sought after earthquake

June 4, 2012June 6, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Houses in rural areas and apartments on lower floors are most sought after inBulgaria, because people believe that such dwellings

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Business Perspectives 

Corporate finance: Subtle overcharging by financial institutions

June 4, 2012June 6, 2012 Les Nemethy

As the owner of a small or medium-sized enterprise (SME), and as an individual consumer of financial services, I am

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Bulgaria Business News 

Bulgaria to spend 16.7 billion leva to counter regional inequality

June 4, 2012June 6, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria will spend 16.7 billion leva over the next decade to erase the development inequality within the country and to

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