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Day: July 11, 2013

Leisure 

Film review: Before Midnight

July 11, 2013July 11, 2013 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

Anyone who has seen the story of Jesse and Céline develop over two decades, in 1995’s Before Sunrise and 2004’s

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Europe 

Eight dead reported in Bulgarian bus crash in Ukraine – updated

July 11, 2013July 31, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Ukraine

At least eight people, including one Bulgarian national, died in a bus collision in Ukraine, Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry said on

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Bulgaria 

Protesting Bulgarian tobacco growers block border checkpoints with Romania and Turkey – updated

July 11, 2013July 31, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian tobacco growers, protesting against what they see as a lack of state support for the industry through a failure

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Bulgaria 

Prosecutor in Bulgarian eavesdropping controversy sacked

July 11, 2013July 11, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Supreme Judiciary Council (SJC) voted on July 11 to fire former Sofia City Prosecutor Nikolai Kokinov as a magistrate.

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian prosecutors investigating alleged corruption at conflict of interest commission

July 11, 2013July 11, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Prosecutor’s Office said on July 11 that it was investigating allegations of corruption at the Cabinet’s commission tasked with

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World 

Dead Russian lawyer convicted of tax evasion

July 11, 2013July 11, 2013 VOANews Russia

A Moscow court has convicted dead lawyer Sergei Magnitsky of tax evasion, concluding a posthumous trial in a case that

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian socialist government responds to criticism from foreign ambassadors

July 11, 2013July 11, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Kristian Vigenin

Bulgaria’s beleaguered socialist government, elected in May but under relentless pressure from many thousands who turn out on the streets

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Bulgaria 

Self-immolation attempt prevented outside Bulgaria’s judiciary council

July 11, 2013July 11, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Police officers prevented a man from setting himself on fire outside the building of Bulgaria’s Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) on

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