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Month: July 2013

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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Bulgaria 

Of Siderov, a straitjacket and other stories

July 3, 2013May 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Peevski protests, Volen Siderov

On the 20th consecutive day of anti-government protests in Bulgaria, a man dressed in a Volen Siderov mask and wearing

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian former intelligence chief charged with embezzlement

July 3, 2013July 10, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Prosecutor’s Office said on July 3 that the former head of the National Intelligence Service, General Kircho Kirov, has

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Bulgaria 

Russian tourist injured in balcony fall in Bulgaria’s Sunny Beach

July 3, 2013July 3, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff beaches

A 37-year-old Russian tourist was injured after falling two storeys from the balcony of her hotel room in Bulgaria’s popular

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President bestows honours on outgoing ambassadors

July 3, 2013July 10, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

At a ceremony at the Presidency on July 3, three departing foreign ambassadors were awarded high state honours by Bulgarian

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian tobacco producers plan protest against lack of EU funding

July 3, 2013July 3, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgarian tobacco producers are planning large-scale national protests in the week beginning July 8 because the country has not secured

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Business 

Romanian-Bulgarian trade ‘to surpass three billion euro this year’

July 3, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Romania

Trade between Romania and Bulgaria is expected to total more than three billion euro in 2013, Bronislav Denev, economic advisor

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian BSP government’s latest gaffe in failed deputy minister appointment

July 3, 2013July 3, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Peevski protests

The latest goof by the Bulgarian Socialist Party government was the July 3 announcement of the appointment of a deputy

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Europe 

Kosovo president Jahjaga decrees November 3 as local government election date

July 2, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Kosovo

The President of the Republic of Kosovo, Atifete Jahjaga has officially announced November 3 as the date in which local

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