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Month: January 2013

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria expecting heavy flu season

January 14, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Between 500 000 and 700 000 people could be affected by the flu epidemic expected to hit Bulgaria within weeks,

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Sport 

Bulgaria’s Dimitrov, Pironkova exit Australian Open at first hurdle

January 14, 2013February 6, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Grigor Dimitrov

Bulgaria’s two representatives in the first tennis Grand Slam of the year, the Australian Open, have left the competition in

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian Cabinet won’t raise salaries of top officials – minister

January 14, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Finance Minister Simeon Dyankov said on January 14 that the draft bill raising the salaries of the country’s top

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Bulgaria Business News 

Bulgarian inflation at 4.2% in 2012

January 14, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s annual consumer price inflation was 4.2 per cent in 2012, overshooting the 2.8 per cent target set in the

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Europe News 

Slovakia still in talks over steel mill

January 14, 2013 Beata Balogova of The Slovak Spectator

Reports last year about the potential sale of the country’s largest steelworks and one of the flagship United States investments

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Bulgaria News 

Sofia delegation to church electoral college faces appeal in Holy Synod

January 14, 2013January 14, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The choice of delegates to represent the Sofia diocese of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church in the election of a new

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria cracks down on hunters after four fatal shooting incidents

January 14, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Forestry Agency has stepped up security measures regarding hunting after the first few days of 2013 saw a series

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Europe News 

Joint operation nets 14 alleged VAT fraudsters in several European countries

January 14, 2013January 14, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

In a joint investigation team involving Europol and more than 200 law enforcement officers, an organised crime group responsible for

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Leisure News World 

Argo wins top awards at Golden Globes

January 14, 2013January 14, 2013 VOANews

The film Argo was the surprise winner Sunday at the Golden Globes Awards Sunday in Hollywood. The film took home the best

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