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Day: July 2, 2013

World 

Russian rocket crashes after launch

July 2, 2013July 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff final frontier

A Russian rocket carrying three navigation system satellites fell shortly after lift-off at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on July

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Business 

Bulgarian vegetable and fruit producers, traders protest against cheap imports

July 2, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgaria’s Agriculture and Food Ministry is to propose setting up mobile squads to control imports of vegetables from Macedonia, minister

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Business 

Greek banks to bid for Hellenic Postbank as sale draws closer

July 2, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

A host of interested buyers are queuing up to purchase Greece’s Hellenic Postbank. The Postbank is fully owned by the

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Europe 

Slovakia adopts new rules for major investments

July 2, 2013 Jana Liptakova of the Slovak Spectator Slovakia

Slovakia has adopted new legislation for so-called significant investments. The ruling Smer party describes it as a tool to attract new

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Europe 

Europe demands answers on NSA bugging claims

July 2, 2013 Henry Ridgwell of VOANews

European politicians have reacted angrily to claims that the U.S. National Security Agency has bugged European Union missions and tapped

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Europe 

EU urges Serbia to persist in dialogue with Priština

July 2, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Serbia

President of the European Union Council Herman Van Rompuy and Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt congratulated Serbia on the “historical”

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Perspectives 

Will Siderov be unhorsed?

July 2, 2013October 30, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Volen Siderov

On a day commemorating Bulgarian national hero Hristo Botev, who died during the struggle for liberation from Ottoman rule, the

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People 

Sovereign Order of Malta annual reception

July 2, 2013July 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The annual reception, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, of the Embassy of the Sovereign Order of Malta to Bulgaria

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