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Year: 2012

Business 

IPhone 5 to go on sale in Bulgaria on November 2

October 25, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s two largest mobile carriers, Mtel and Globul, will offer the latest iteration of Apple’s iPhone smartphone starting November 2,

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian state lottery jackpot set to hit 5.5 million leva

October 25, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

An estimated 5.5 million leva (about 2.8 million euro) are expected to be up for grabs in one of the

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Bulgaria News 

Months after disasters, some residents of Bulgaria’s Bisser and Pernik still awaiting relief

October 25, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Eight months after fatal flooding hit the village of Bisser and five months after the mining town of Pernik was

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News World 

Obama, Romney concentrate on ‘swing states’

October 25, 2012 VOANews

U.S. President Barack Obama is crisscrossing the nation on a marathon campaign tour Thursday, while Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney

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News Perspectives World 

Russia Watch: Is Russia’s Putin a secret fan of Mitt Romney?

October 25, 2012October 25, 2012 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief

The conventional wisdom is that the Kremlin would like to see Barack Obama back in the White House next year.

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Leisure 

Belle Époque glamour goes on display in Sofia

October 24, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

The National Gallery for Foreign Art in Sofia will host one of its largest exhibitions in recent years starting October

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Bulgaria Business Europe News 

Danube Bridge 2 to open for business in spring 2013

October 24, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov and his Romanian counterpart Victor Ponta took a stroll on October 24 on the completed

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News World 

Rockets slam southern Israel, Israeli strikes back

October 24, 2012October 24, 2012 VOANews

Dozens of rockets have been fired from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel, wounding several people, while Israeli warplanes have

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Bulgaria Europe News 

EU asks Bulgaria to implement pesticide use regulations

October 24, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Commission asked on October 24 that seven countries, Bulgaria included, pass legislation to ensure compliance with the directive

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