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Month: February 2013

Bulgaria Europe News 

EC ‘takes note’ of Bulgarian judiciary appointments in ‘oral CVM update’

February 5, 2013May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

The European Commission has delivered on February 4 “a factual update on developments in Bulgaria” to the European Council in

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Bulgaria News Sport 

Fifa confirms Bulgaria’s one-match empty stadium ban

February 5, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Fifa has confirmed the sanction imposed on Bulgaria’s national football team, which will play its next competitive match in front

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Bulgaria Europe News 

Minority parties in Bulgaria milk ‘UK immigration flood’ hysteria

February 5, 2013May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The disinformation campaign in some British media and political circles about a supposed flood of Bulgarians and Romanians that will

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Business Perspectives 

M&A corner: VIX, the ‘fear index’

February 5, 2013February 5, 2013 Les Nemethy

If there is one graph that one might look at that would best summarise perceptions of risk associated with the

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News World 

Earth prepares for close encounter with asteroid

February 5, 2013February 5, 2013 VOANews

Earth is about to have a close encounter with an asteroid, the nearest an object of its size has ever

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Europe News 

Managers of Ukrainian state arms exporter arrested for $200 000 bribe in Kazakhstan

February 5, 2013 Oksana Grytsenko of The Kyiv Post

Two top managers of a Ukrainian state-run arms exporter are in a Kazakh prison for allegedly attempting to bribe a

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Bulgaria Europe News Sport World 

Millions of euro involved in widespread football match-fixing in Europe, Europol says

February 4, 2013May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

A major investigation involving Europol and police teams from 13 European countries has uncovered an extensive criminal network involved in

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Bulgaria News Perspectives 

Opinion: Britain was GREAT: Paradise Lost

February 4, 2013 Bill Drysdale

For some years now, I have been one of the most prominent flag carriers for Britain in Bulgaria. As Chairman

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Bulgaria News 

Defence lawyers challenge ‘experts’ qualifications in alleged radical Islam trial in Bulgaria

February 4, 2013February 4, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Lawyers for the 13 accused in the “radical Islam” trial in the Bulgarian town of Pazardzhik challenged the credentials of

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