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Month: February 2013

Leisure 

Film review: Flight

February 22, 2013February 22, 2013 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

In the first scene of Flight, the first live-action feature master filmmaker Robert Zemeckis has made in more than a

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Leisure 

Film review: Zero Dark Thirty

February 22, 2013February 22, 2013 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

Zero Dark Thirty is the story of the decadelong search for Osama bin Laden, the avowed mastermind of the massacre

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Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Sofia. Photo: Clive Leviev-Sawyer
Bulgaria News 

Sofia city hall bans parking around Parliament, cathedral

February 22, 2013February 21, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Sofia city hall said on February 21 that it temporarily banned parking and extended stays by cars on two major

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Bulgaria News 

Unfinished business: Bulgarian MPs forge ahead with Constitutional Court, asset forfeiture commission appointments

February 21, 2013May 22, 2013 Alex Bivol judiciary

Bulgarian Parliament’s legal affairs committee held hearings on February 21 to examine the nominations for the country’s Constitutional Court and

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian President Plevneliev to start political consultations on new government on February 22

February 21, 2013February 21, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

A few hours after Bulgaria’s Parliament voted on February 21 2013 to accept the resignation of Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s

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Bulgaria News 

MRF protests at Borissov’s allegation that Dogan ordered his assassination

February 21, 2013February 21, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) leader Lyutvi Mestan has protested “categorically” at an allegation by Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria’s outgoing

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Bulgaria News 

Moments after resignation accepted, Borissov hits the campaign trail – symbolically

February 21, 2013February 21, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Boiko Borissov began his campaign to get his job as Prime Minister back just moments after his government’s resignation was

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Bulgaria Business Europe News 

Bulgaria finds horsemeat in lasagna Bolognese products

February 21, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Agency for Food Safety said February 21 that it found horsemeat traces in lasagna meals sold by the Carrefour

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Bulgaria News 

Breeders for Borissov: Cows and sheep brought to Parliament in support of outgoing PM

February 21, 2013February 21, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Cows and sheep were being brought to Parliament in Sofia as a gesture of support for Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko

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