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Day: July 31, 2013

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s anti-government ‘beach protest’ – in photos

July 31, 2013August 4, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Peevski protests

On the 48th day of anti-government rallies in Bulgaria, the traditional morning protest outside Parliament morphed from “drinking coffee” to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament will take summer recess starting August 5

July 31, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s MPs voted on July 31 to extend the Parliament session by two days and will start their summer recess

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s ‘banitsa bandit’ pleads guilty in 1.47M leva robbery suit – updated

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

Georgi Enev, the security guard charged with stealing 1.47 million leva (about 750 000 euro) from an armoured van, pleaded

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Cabinet approves legislative agenda, regional development plans

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

Bulgaria’s Cabinet approved on July 31 the Government legislative agenda until the end of the year, as well as the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s former PM Borissov calls for snap elections in May 2014

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

Bulgaria’s former prime minister Boiko Borissov called on July 31 for the ruling coalition to schedule early parliamentary elections at

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Europe 

EU unemployment down to 10.9% in June

July 31, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Eurostat

The 27-member European Union ended June 2013 with 10.9 per cent unemployment, seasonally adjusted, down from 11 per cent in

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Bulgaria 

Oranovo coalmine rescue attempt completes bypass tunnel

July 31, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Rescue operations to reach two miners at Bulgaria’s Oranovo coalmine, who were trapped in a collapse on July 16, drew

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian former deputy PM Tsvetanov indicted

July 31, 2013August 3, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Tsvetan Tsvetanov

Bulgaria’s Prosecutor’s Office said on July 31 that it has filed charges against Tsvetan Tsvetanov for refusing to authorise wire-tapping

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Perspectives 

Russia Watch: Is Russia Turning Protestant?

July 31, 2013May 10, 2024 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief Russia

In 1990, an American anthropologist wrote a controversial book: “Is Latin America Turning Protestant?” Two decades later, that same provocative

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