Film review: The Heat
Since May, Melissa McCarthy has appeared in three films. All of them have been terrible and full of the cheapest
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Day: August 1, 2013
Film review: Blue Jasmine
Blue Jasmine differs in two important ways from most of Woody Allen’s other recent films. The first difference is that
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Book review: Every Parent’s Nightmare
Murphy’s Law says that everything that can go wrong will go wrong. This has always struck me when reading about
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Bulgaria’s Parliament passes Budget revision at second reading
Bulgaria’s lawmakers passed the government’s Budget revision on July 31 after two days of debate, most of it spent in
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Norway’s Telenor closes acquisition of Bulgaria’s Globul, names new CEO
Norwegian telecom operator Telenor has finalised the deal to buy Bulgaria’s second-largest mobile carrier Globul, appointing Stein-Erik Vellan as the
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Romania’s economic growth revised as unemployment reaches three-year high
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revised Romania’s economic growth forecast to two per cent this year up from an
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Bulgarian pro-government rapper in anti-Semitic slur against former finance minister
A controversial rapper who has been a vocal leader of the daily gatherings of about 100 people in support of
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Hungary: More forex debt relief in pipeline
Banks were trembling this week as the government prepared to announce another strategy to help households saddled with foreign-currency mortgages
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Turkey angry over Morsi ouster
In recent years Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has extended his country’s influence well beyond its borders. With a
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