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Year: 2012

Leisure Perspectives 

Woody turns serious

November 9, 2012November 8, 2012 Hector Poole

One of the gems of the Sofia Independent Film Festival was a documentary about Woody Allen. The diminutive, bespectacled nebbish

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Business 

Bulgaria competition watchdog levies record 16 million leva fine on Hyundai distributor

November 8, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) said on November 8 that it fined the Bulgarian distributor of Hyundai cars

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Europe News 

‘Last warning’ before CEE docs get tough on pay

November 8, 2012 Benedicte Williams of The Budapest Times

Medical unions in Hungary, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Poland will stage a joint protest on 20 November against their

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Europe News 

Greek parliament passes more deep spending cuts, thousands protest

November 8, 2012 VOANews

Greece’s parliament has passed another package of deep spending cuts and tax increases, plans that sent tens of thousands of

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Bulgaria News 

Remembrance Day ceremony at Sofia Military Cemetery on November 11

November 8, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Remembrance Day – also known as Armistice Day or Poppy Day – will be marked by ceremonies on November 11

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Business Europe News 

EC downbeat on European economic growth prospects

November 7, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Commission said on November 7, in its autumn economic forecast, that it expected the bloc’s economy to shrink

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Bulgaria Business News 

Bulgarian Cabinet links South Stream investment decision to long-term gas deal

November 7, 2012June 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff energy, South Stream

Bulgaria’s Cabinet gave its approval to the signing of the final investment decision on the South Stream gas pipeline, with

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Bulgaria News 

Varna and Cape Town sign twin cities agreement

November 7, 2012November 7, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

The Bulgarian Black Sea city of Varna and South Africa’s parliamentary capital city Cape Town completed the process of signing

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Bulgaria News World 

Bulgarian President, PM congratulate Barack Obama on re-election victory

November 7, 2012November 7, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev and Prime Minister Boiko Borissov added their voices to the stream of messages from foreign leaders

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