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Month: January 2013

Europe News 

Poland imposes farming bans on GM maize, potatoes

January 3, 2013May 22, 2013 The Warsaw Voice

The Polish government has banned cultivation of certain genetically modified (GM) strains of maize and potatoes, according to a government

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Bulgaria Business News 

Bulgaria could get up to 2.5B euro FDI in 2013 – official

January 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Foreign direct investment (FDI) in the Bulgarian economy in 2013 was expected to reach between two billion euro and 2.5

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Bulgaria Business News 

Bulgaria begins collecting income tax for 2012

January 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

On the first working day of 2013, Bulgaria’s National Revenue Agency (NRA) is already accepting income tax filings for the

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Bulgaria News 

Major events and anniversaries in Bulgaria in 2013

January 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria marks a number of anniversaries of significant historical events in 2013, along with a series of major political turning

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News World 

Countdown to first meteor shower of 2013

January 2, 2013 VOANews

The U.S. space agency, NASA, says pieces of an asteroid that have been orbiting the Sun for hundreds of years

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Bulgaria News 

Traffic intensifies as Bulgaria heads for first working day after New Year holiday

January 1, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Traffic and border police were on standby in Bulgaria to deal with heavy traffic as travellers headed home after the

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News World 

US senate votes to avert ‘Fiscal Cliff’

January 1, 2013 Michael Bowman of VOANews

The U.S. Senate has overwhelmingly approved a bipartisan agreement to spare most Americans from steep tax hikes and delay across-the-board

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian television viewers vote Bourgas Airport terrorist attack event of 2012

January 1, 2013January 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Viewers of public broadcaster Bulgarian National Television voted the July suicide bombing terrorist attack on a group of Israeli tourists

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