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Year: 2012

Leisure 

Roger Waters brings The Wall Live to Sofia in August 2013

November 9, 2012November 9, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

One of the most successful tours in rock history, The Wall Live, will visit Bulgarian capital city Sofia on August

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Europe News 

EU allocates 63 million euro ‘to bring Kosovo closer to Europe’

November 9, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Commission (EC) said on November 9 2012 that it had allocated 63 million euro to support Kosovo’s efforts

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Bulgaria News 

Record Bulgarian lottery jackpot rolls over

November 9, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

The record 7.25 million leva jackpot (about 3.7 million euro) rolled over to November 11 draw, by which point it

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Bulgaria News 

Sofia courthouses shut down after anonymous bomb tip-off

November 9, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

All courthouses in Bulgaria’s capital city of Sofia were evacuated on the morning of November 9 after an anonymous call

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Bulgaria Business Europe News 

Bulgaria among CEE countries to benefit from international financial institutions’ 30 billion euro assistance

November 9, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Investment Bank Group (EIB Group), the World Bank Group and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

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Europe News 

Germany gets tough on Putin’s Russia

November 9, 2012 VOANews

German lawmakers are urging Chancellor Angela Merkel to push for more democracy in Russia when she meets with President Vladimir

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Bulgaria News People Perspectives 

In memoriam: Maxim, Patriarch of three eras

November 9, 2012November 9, 2012 Momchil Metodiev

Patriarch Maxim is already part of history – not only the history of Bulgarian Orthodox Church, but of this society

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Bulgaria News Perspectives 

Bulgaria to hit political turbulence over fighter jet purchase plans?

November 9, 2012November 9, 2012 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Days of silence have descended over the potentially controversial current plan by Bulgaria to go ahead with soliciting offers to

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Europe News 

Polls see Türk set for largest share of vote in Slovenia’s presidential elections on November 11

November 9, 2012November 8, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Slovenia’s incumbent president Danilo Türk is set to take the largest share of votes in his bid to return to

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