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Day: July 16, 2013

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Business 

OECD foresees high joblessness through to 2014

July 16, 2013July 31, 2013 Lisa Bryant of VOANews

The Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development says joblessness will remain high in European and other developed nations next year, stalling

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World 

Astronomers detect mystery radio bursts

July 16, 2013July 17, 2013 Rick Pantaleo of VOANews final frontier

An international team of astronomers is studying four mysterious and very powerful radio bursts they think may have originated half

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Bulgaria 

Dutch, Belgian ambassadors speak on ‘values protest’ in Bulgaria

July 16, 2013July 31, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Peevski protests

Dutch ambassador in Sofia Karel van Kesteren and Belgium’s ambassador in Bulgaria Anick van Calster became the latest foreign diplomats

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to raise target deficit to 2% in Budget revision

July 16, 2013July 31, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Plamen Oresharski

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry published on July 16 the draft of the planned Budget revision, which will raise the Budget deficit

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Europe 

June 2013 euro zone annual inflation up to 1.6 per cent, EU up to 1.7 per cent

July 16, 2013July 16, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Euro zone annual inflation was 1.6 per cent in June 2013, up from 1.4 per cent in May. A year

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Bulgaria 

Two dead, two missing in accident at Bulgarian coalmine

July 16, 2013July 17, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Two miners died and two are missing after an accident on July 16 at the Oranovo coalmine in south-western Bulgaria,

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Bulgaria 

Culture Minister lashes ‘absurd’ Bulgarian Louvre project

July 16, 2013July 16, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Culture Minister Petar Stoyanovich has poured scorn on the implementation so far of the multi-million leva “Bulgarian Louvre” museum gallery

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Sport 

Bulgaria’s volleyball federation faces fine for gambling ad

July 16, 2013July 16, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s volleyball federation could be banned for allowing an ad for a banned gambling website to appear on the advertising

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Business 

New car sales in Bulgaria in June 2013 drop 8.9% year-on-year

July 16, 2013July 31, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

New car sales in Bulgaria in June 2013 added up to 1944, about 8.9 per cent less than in June

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