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Day: July 4, 2013

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s protests, inspections against cheap vegetable imports continue

July 4, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgarian vegetable producers are continuing their protest campaign against cheap imported vegetables from neighbouring countries Romania, Macedonia, Turkey and Greece

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian health insurance fund chief sacked

July 4, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Parliament voted on July 3 to fire the head of the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF), Plamen Tsekov, citing

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World 

Russia Watch: For Russia’s Kremlin, Snowden goes from trophy to liability

July 4, 2013July 10, 2013 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief editors pick

The Latin Americans came and left in their presidential jets. But Edward Snowden stayed behind. For the Kremlin, a propaganda

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Bulgaria 

Moody’s: Bulgaria’s rating supported by diversification of economy, strong finances

July 4, 2013July 4, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Credit ratings agency Moody’s said in its annual report on Bulgaria that the country’s Baa2 rating is supported by the

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Bulgaria 

Economic growth to improve ‘only slightly’ in Bulgaria in 2013, IMF says

July 4, 2013July 10, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff IMF

Despite the unsettled political situation in Bulgaria, hard-earned macroeconomic and financial stability—which has helped to insulate Bulgaria from the severest

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Europe 

Turkey’s economic growth staging moderate recovery in 2013, World Bank report says

July 4, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Turkey

Economic growth in Turkey in 2013 is forecast to remain below trend at an estimated 3.6 per cent according to

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World 

‘Unprecedented climate extremes’ over past decade, UN report says

July 4, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The world experienced “unprecedented high-impact climate extremes” between 2001 and 2010 and more national temperature records were broken during that

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Business 

World markets tumble on Egyptian turmoil, Portuguese uncertainty

July 4, 2013July 10, 2013 VOANews

Asian and European markets tumbled Wednesday on fears of continued Egyptian political unrest and uncertainty over the fate of the

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World 

Egypt’s army takes power

July 4, 2013 VOANews

Egypt’s army took power from President Mohamed Morsi and suspended the constitution. Army tanks are surrounding the presidential palace, and

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