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Month: July 2013

World 

Sixty billion Earth-like planets could exist in Milky Way galaxy

July 2, 2013 VOANews final frontier

A new study finds there could be about 60 billion Earth-sized habitable planets orbitingred dwarfs – the most common stars in our universe

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Bulgaria 

Members of European Parliament debate political crisis in Bulgaria

July 2, 2013July 10, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Plamen Oresharski, Volen Siderov

As several thousand protesters turned out in Bulgaria’s major cities for the 19th day of peaceful demonstrations in support of

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Europe 

Lenders pressuring Greece over austerity pledges

July 2, 2013 VOANews Greece

Greece’s international creditors are putting new pressure on Athens to meet its pledges to cut government spending before handing over

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s former foreign minister Stoyan Ganev dies at 57

July 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Stoyan Ganev, a former foreign minister and deputy prime minister of Bulgaria in the government of Philip Dimitrov and a

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Bulgaria 

Ataka was good enough for you, Stanishev taunts GERB…and other stories

July 2, 2013May 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Sergei Stanishev, Volen Siderov

Bulgarian Socialist Party and Party of European Socialists leader Sergei Stanishev, under continuing criticism for the socialist government’s dependence on

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Business 

Bulgaria c-banker warns against ‘race to the bottom’ on loan interest rates

July 2, 2013July 10, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The governor of the Bulgarian National Bank, Ivan Iskrov, said on July 2 that Bulgarian banks should be cautious with

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarians coming to Britain lawfully are welcome, UK minister says

July 2, 2013July 10, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

All Bulgarian citizens who come legally to work and study in the United Kingdom, pay taxes and contribute to society

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Business 

Business forum in Sofia latest step in bid to build business ties with China

July 2, 2013July 10, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

The Bulgarian-Chinese business forum held in Sofia by the Small and Medium Enterprises Promotion Agency is but the latest step

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World 

Russian rocket crashes after launch

July 2, 2013July 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff final frontier

A Russian rocket carrying three navigation system satellites fell shortly after lift-off at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on July

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