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Month: February 2013

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Argo wins Academy Award for best picture

February 25, 2013February 25, 2013 VOANews

Argo, the film about the Iranian hostage crisis, won the top prize at the Academy Awards Sunday in Los Angeles,

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Europe News World 

Centre-right candidate Anastasiades wins second round of Cyprus presidential election

February 24, 2013February 24, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Nicos Anastasiades, a 66-year-old centre-right leader, won the second round of presidential elections in Cyprus on February 24 2013 with

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria’s new Patriarch offers public prayer for unity of nation

February 24, 2013February 24, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

The newly-elected Patriarch of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Neofit, offered a public prayer at his enthronement ceremony at Sofia’s Alexander

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Bulgaria News 

Many thousands protest in Bulgarian cities as business, unions join call for Grand National Assembly

February 24, 2013July 10, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Tens of thousands of Bulgarians rallied in street protests in Sofia and several other cities and towns on February 24

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria’s day of protests, a President, priests and a Patriarch

February 24, 2013February 24, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

To be at the centre of Sofia on Sunday February 24 2013 was to be at the centre of a

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Bulgaria News 

Neofit of Rousse elected Patriarch of Bulgarian Orthodox Church

February 24, 2013February 24, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Metropolitan Neofit of Rousse was elected as the new Patriarch of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church on February 24, following two

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Bulgaria News 

Parliamentary elections possible between mid-April and mid-May, Bulgarian President Plevneliev says

February 22, 2013February 22, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev, speaking after collective consultations with leaders of most of the parties in Parliament, said that it

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria steps closer to caretaker government, protests continue

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

All political parties of any significance in Bulgaria’s Parliament have now said that they want the formation of a caretaker

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Bulgaria Europe News 

EU reports progress against second-hand smoke, says more to be done

February 22, 2013June 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission, smoking

Protection from second hand smoke has improved considerably in the European Union, according to a European Commission (EC) report on

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