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Month: January 2013

Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Sofia. Photo: Clive Leviev-Sawyer
Bulgaria News 

Countdown to the election of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s new Patriarch

January 31, 2013February 1, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

On February 15 2013, two weeks from today, the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church will begin the two-day

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Europe News Perspectives 

Storming the castle: Miloš Zeman’s victory exacerbates Czech Republic’s political flux

January 31, 2013January 31, 2013 Jonathan Crane of The Prague Post

With cries of “Long live Zeman” ringing out around a packed conference room at the Top Hotel Praha Jan. 26,

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Leisure 

Film review: Gangster Squad

January 31, 2013January 31, 2013 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

Gangster Squad is a big-budget film about the organized crime that nearly brought Los Angeles to a standstill in 1949.

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Europe News 

HRW warns of declining human rights in Russia

January 31, 2013February 1, 2013 VOANews

The New York-based Human Rights Watch says authoritarianism in Russia is at its highest level in recent memory. In its

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Bulgaria Business Europe News 

Bulgaria’s Payner pulls out of EU funding deal after controversy

January 31, 2013May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian media group Payner said that it decided to forego the request for European Union funding for its expansion project,

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Bulgaria Business Europe News 

House prices in Spain, Ireland saw largest decreases in Q3 2012 y/y, Eurostat says

January 31, 2013May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

European Union statistics office Eurostat released on January 31 2013 its first-ever figures on changes in house prices in the

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Business News World 

BlackBerry unveils two new smartphones

January 31, 2013 Mil Arcega of VOANews

Canadian smartphone maker Research In Motion (RIM), which makes the BlackBerry, says it’s back. The company is trying to reclaim

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Bulgaria News 

Head of Bulgaria’s Transplantations Agency fired after only four transplants performed in a year

January 31, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

An intensive care specialist has been appointed to head Bulgaria’s Transplantation Agency after the incumbent was fired because it emerged

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Bulgaria News 

Assassination attempt of Bulgarian gang leader prompts call from senior judge for security zones at court buildings

January 31, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The President of Bulgaria’s Supreme Court of Cassation, Lazar Gruev, has called for security zones about the country’s court buildings,

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