Japan marks second tsunami anniversary
Japan has observed a moment of silence to mark the second anniversary of a devastating earthquake and tsunami that claimed
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Month: March 2013
Protest rallies in Bulgaria continue, railway stations blocked
Protest rallies were held in Bulgaria’s largest cities for a fourth consecutive Sunday on March 10 – in addition to
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Trial of Bulgarian money laundering convict begins in Italy
An Italian court was scheduled to hold its first hearing on March 8 in the lawsuit against Evelin “Brendo” Banev
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Sofia mayor asks prosecutors to investigate heating utility
Sofia mayor Yordanka Fandukova has asked police and prosecutors to investigate why the city’s heating utility, Toplofikatsiya Sofia, did not
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Parliament adopts declaration on 70th anniversary of prevention of deportation of Bulgarian Jews to Holocaust death camps
Bulgaria’s unicameral Parliament, the National Assembly, voted unanimously and without debate on March 8 2013 to adopt a declaration marking
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Outgoing Czech president Klaus steadfast in going against the political tide
As final arrangements were made to move Václav Klaus out of the castle he’s called home for 10 years, a
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‘Special services’ of Sofia traffic police cost from 50 to 500 leva – report
Employees of Sofia’s traffic police department accept from 50 to 500 leva (about 25 to 250 euro) for various “special
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Bulgaria’s Vayant announces Lufthansa partnership
Bulgarian IT solutions provider Vayant, which specialises in business-to-business airfare shopping, has become the new technology partner of Lufthansa, the
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Bulgarian Patriarch Neofit calls on protesters not to commit suicide
Bulgarian Orthodox Church Patriarch Neofit has called on protesters not to go to the extreme of committing suicide, an appeal
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