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Month: May 2013

Sport 

Bulgaria’s Dimitrov sets up Djokovic re-match at Roland Garros

May 30, 2013May 30, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Grigor Dimitrov

Grigor Dimitrov defeated French wild-card entrant Lucas Pouille in the second round of the French Open on May 30, setting

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian Parliament passes maternity leave hike

May 30, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Parliament passed at first reading on May 30 two bills that envision raising maternity leave to 310 leva a

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Business Europe News 

EU and euro zone economic, business sentiment pick up in May

May 30, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Economic and business sentiment in the European Union and euro zone improved in May 2013, according to survey results released

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Business Europe News 

What lies ahead for Greece’s economy

May 30, 2013May 30, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Greece’s Central Bank expects the country’s economy to shrink by 4.6 per cent in 2013, a report released on May

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria’s Dossier Commission names another former State Security agent in the media

May 30, 2013May 30, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Dossier Commission

Bulgaria’s Dossier Commission, the statutory body that checks and discloses the names of people in certain categories who formerly worked

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Europe News 

Austria out front as EU zeroes in on tax evasion

May 30, 2013 Niklas Jakobsson of The Budapest Times

The European Union’s efforts to combat tax evasion took a small step forward on Wednesday as Austria agreed in principle

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Europe News 

Europe hands six nations a deficit reprieve

May 30, 2013May 30, 2013 VOANews European Commission

Europe is giving six of its financially struggling countries, including the major economies in France and Spain, more time to

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Europe News 

UN war crimes court convicts six Bosnian Croats

May 30, 2013May 30, 2013 VOANews

The U.N. war crimes court has convicted six Bosnian-Croat political and military leaders on charges of murder, rape and the

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Bulgaria Business Europe News 

Deja vu: European Commission’s recipe to fix Bulgaria’s economic woes

May 29, 2013October 30, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission

After finding macroeconomic imbalances in half of EU’s member states, the European Commission issued on May 29 country-specific recommendations on

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