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Day: January 7, 2013

Bulgaria News 

Prosecutor fired from team investigating Bourgas terrorist attack for giving extensive media interview

January 7, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

A prosecutor who gave a Bulgarian-language daily an extensive interview disclosing details of the investigation into the July 2012 suicide

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Bulgaria axes two senior officials over seaside development scandal

January 7, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The head of Bulgaria’s Forestry Agency and the director of the Regional Inspectorate of Environment and Water Affairs in Bourgas

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria to open referendum voting precincts in 36 countries

January 7, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria will open 45 voting precincts in 36 countries, allowing Bulgarians abroad to cast their ballots in the referendum on

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Europe News 

Slovak president pardons prisoners

January 7, 2013 The Slovak Spectator

A total of  753 prisoners have been released from jail after Slovak president Ivan Gašparovič granted the presidential amnesties to mark

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Business Europe News 

Poland’s flagship airline PLL LOT to cut labour force by a third

January 7, 2013 The Warsaw Voice

Poland’s flagship airline carrier PLL LOT may have posted an even 200 million zloty loss in 2012 and will downsize

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Bulgaria News 

Thousands of Sofia motorists fined for speeding through pedestrian crossings

January 7, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

More than 6500 motorists in Sofia are to be fined after being caught by traffic cameras speeding through pedestrian crossings,

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