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Year: 2012

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Russia Watch: Reset the Reset: Can Russia’s Putin make peace with Obama II?

November 13, 2012 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief

The reset jet no longer flies to Moscow. In March of 2009, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Hillary Clinton,

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria controversial judge refuses to stand down in Constitutional Court contretemps

November 12, 2012May 22, 2013 Alex Bivol judiciary

Veneta Markovska, the judge whose election to Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court last month has stirred controversy, has refused to step down

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Bulgaria Business News 

Bulgaria competition regulator says could probe Sofia taxis for cartel

November 12, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) could investigate taxi companies in the country’s capital city Sofia to ascertain whether

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Leisure 

Studio 5 programme: November 17-30

November 12, 2012November 12, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Studio 5 is a different kind of place – far from being yet another cool and posh bar, it is above

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Bulgaria News 

Record Bulgarian lottery jackpot rolls over again

November 12, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian state lottery’s jackpot rolled over in the November 11 draw and is expected to reach 8.5 million leva (4.3

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Bulgaria News 

Ancient and modern: War over Bulgarian Orthodox Church leadership fought on Facebook

November 12, 2012November 12, 2012 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

The Bulgarian Orthodox Church may have ancient roots, but the fight over its future is being conducted not only in

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Europe News 

Slovenians head for second round of presidential vote after former PM Pahor takes surprise lead

November 12, 2012November 12, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Slovenia’s more than 1.6 million eligible voters will be asked to return to the ballot boxes on December 2 2012

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Europe News 

Greece approves 2013 austerity budget

November 12, 2012 VOANews

Greek lawmakers have approved the country’s 2013 budget, which cuts spending and raises taxes in a bid to prevent the

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Bulgaria Business News 

Standard & Poor’s raises credit rating of Bulgarian capital Sofia

November 12, 2012November 12, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

International credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s upgraded the credit rating of the Bulgarian capital Sofia, the city’s mayor Yordanka

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