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Year: 2012

Bulgaria Business News 

Manufacturers of plastic bags protest against Bulgaria’s new eco-tax

September 26, 2012September 26, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

More than 1000 people turned out on September 26 2012 in support of a protest by Bulgarian manufacturers of plastic

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Europe News 

General strike in Greece on September 26

September 26, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Flight disruptions, fuel station closures and reduced health service at hospitals were numbered among the consequences of the general strike

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Bulgaria Leisure Perspectives 

Sounds of the Ages 2012, Roman Amphitheatre, Plovdiv, Bulgaria

September 26, 2012September 26, 2012 Hristina Dimitrova

Fish, September 21 Former progressive rock band Marillion singer Fish and the British progressive/alternative band Anathema played with the Plovdiv

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Business Europe News 

Poland to consider euro adoption when euro zone recovers – central bank head

September 26, 2012May 22, 2013 The Warsaw Voice

Poland will take into consideration introducing the common currency when the euro zone resolves its problems, central bank NBP head

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News Perspectives World 

Russia Watch: Making the Kremlin queasy

September 26, 2012September 25, 2012 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief

Making the Kremlin Queasy: Massive American Aid Has Helped Russians Three Times in the Last Century As American officials struggle

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Leisure 

Health: Early life diet may contribute to breast cancer

September 26, 2012May 6, 2013 Jessica Berman VOANews

Researchers have found evidence that a young girl’s diet could affect her risk of developing breast cancer later in life.

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Bulgaria Business News 

Bulgaria’s Bulgargaz moves to quash fears of gas shortages in 2013

September 25, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s state-owned gas company Bulgargaz moved on September 25 to quash fears that the country could face a gas shortage

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Bulgaria Europe News 

Bulgaria joins in concern about Belarus elections

September 25, 2012September 25, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria deplores the atmosphere of intimidation and pressure that accompanied the parliamentary elections held in Belarus on September 23 2012,

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Bulgaria Business News 

UniCredit: Bulgarian economy improving, growth remains weak

September 25, 2012September 25, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s economic outlook improved in the third quarter of 2012 despite the stumbling global economy, Italian banking group UniCredit said

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