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Day: August 9, 2013

Leisure Sport 

Luck of the draw prevents scheduling conflict for The Wall Live in Sofia

August 9, 2013August 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The Uefa Champions League play-off round draw resolved the brewing stadium row in Bulgaria, preventing the scheduling conflict between Ludogorets

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Bulgaria 

FBI issues call for assistance in finding Bourgas bombing suspects

August 9, 2013August 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas terrorist attack

The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said on August 8 2013 that it is seeking information on two

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Bulgaria 

Archaeology: part of 14th Century Ottoman commander’s armour found at Bulgaria’s Perperikon

August 9, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology

A bronze plate with a unique inscription from the 14th Century CE, believed by archaeologists to have been part of

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Perspectives 

Bulgarian Socialist Party government continues campaign to demonise President Plevneliev

August 9, 2013August 22, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency editors pick, Peevski protests, Rossen Plevneliev

The veto by Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev of crucial parts of the Budget 2013 amendments approved by Bulgarian Socialist Party

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Europe 

Cypriot-Israeli gas synergy ‘mutually beneficial’

August 9, 2013August 9, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Cyprus, energy

The official invitation by President Anastasiades to the Israeli government to use the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) facility that will

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Europe 

Obama says Greece needs balance of austerity and growth

August 9, 2013 Kent Klein of VOANews Greece

U.S. President Barack Obama advised Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaris to seek a balance of austerity and growth, as his

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piles of newspapers
Bulgaria 

New report underlines worsening weaknesses of Bulgarian media

August 9, 2013August 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Media

The Bulgarian media continued their slow slide away from the levels of sustainability reached in the years before the country’s

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Europe 

Pro-Nazi book pulled from Slovak booksellers’ shelves

August 9, 2013August 8, 2013 Michaela Terenzani-Stankova of The Slovak Spectator Slovakia

In a move stirring lively debate on the limits of free speech, online and storefront booksellers have pulled a book

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Europe 

Battling it out for the Bank of Cyprus control

August 9, 2013August 8, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Cyprus

The equilibrium of power in the new Bank of Cyprus is still a mystery, as the decisions on the future

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