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Day: April 22, 2013

Bulgaria Business News 

New Bulgarian Gambling Commission chief appointed

April 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s caretaker Finance Minister Kalin Hristov has appointed Ivan Enicherov chairperson of the country’s Gambling Commission, replacing Kaloyan Krustev, the

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Europe News 

European Commission recommends membership talks with Serbia

April 22, 2013May 27, 2013 VOANews European Commission, Serbia

The European Union’s executive commission has recommended opening membership negotiations with Serbia. The Serbian government has approved a potentially landmark

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria marks Earth Day 2013 with protests, politics

April 22, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Marin Raykov was certain to have caused a happy buzz among protesting beekeepers on April 22 2013,

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Bulgaria Business News 

Bulgaria revises 2013 growth target downward to 1%

April 22, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry has revised the country’s economic growth forecast for this year to one per cent. The new target

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Bulgaria’s Dimitrov rises to 28th in ATP Tour rankings after Monte-Carlo Masters

April 22, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Grigor Dimitrov

Grigor Dimitrov jumped six spots in the ATP Tour rankings, to a career-best 28th, after reaching his first quarterfinal at

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Bulgaria News 

Plovdiv’s revamped Boris Christoff House of Culture to open on April 26

April 22, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Plovdiv’s Boris Christoff House of Culture is to open officially on April 26 with a grand-scale concert, following a revamp

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Bulgaria News 

Tourists to get first glimpses of St Sofia underground museum ‘by June’

April 22, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

The first phase of the underground museum at St Sofia church, featuring a necropolis dating from the fourth century CE

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Bulgaria News 

Kidnapped daughter of Bulgarian money-laundering convict returned

April 22, 2013April 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The 10-year-old daughter of Evelin “Brendo” Banev had been returned to her mother on April 21 2013, 47 days after

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