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Day: August 18, 2013

Bulgaria 

Eleven people injured in blast in Sofia – updated

August 18, 2013August 18, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Eleven people were injured in an explosion in central Sofia on the evening of August 18, Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry said

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s anti-government ‘Oresharski March’ reaches Varna’s Euxinograd residence

August 18, 2013August 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Peevski protests

Participants in the anti-government “Oresharski March” reached the Euxinograd residence outside the Black Sea city of Varna on August 18,

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Europe 

EU to ‘urgently review’ ties with Egypt

August 18, 2013August 22, 2013 VOANews

The European Union says it will “urgently review” its relationship with Egypt where deadly clashes continue to take place between

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Leisure Perspectives 

Book Reviews: Herodotus: The Gnome of Sofia, and Judas Goat – The Kennet Narrow Boat Mystery

August 18, 2013August 18, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer editors pick

There are few books written by expatriates who have spent some time in Sofia that give a sense of time

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Perspectives 

Bulgaria’s ‘Reformist Bloc’ pursues the chimera of right-wing unity

August 18, 2013August 18, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency editors pick

Against the background of many weeks of protests against a Bulgarian Socialist Party government that its thousands of critics see

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Business 

Romania tops EU real estate ownership rankings

August 18, 2013August 18, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Romania

Romania has the most real estate owners in Europe, with a rate going to as much as 96.6 per cent

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Bulgaria Leisure 

Bulgaria’s Varna holds first Kite Festival: Photos

August 18, 2013August 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Varna

Bulgaria’s Black Sea “capital” Varna held its first Kite Festival on August 17 2013. Organisers of the event, held at

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Leisure 

Books: The Last Bohemians

August 18, 2013August 18, 2013 Raymond Johnston of The Prague Post Czech Republic

One of the most common sights in Prague in the 1990s was an expat sitting at a café with a

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Leisure 

Film Review: Lovelace

August 18, 2013August 18, 2013 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

Linda Lovelace is well-known for only one thing: Deep Throat. The 1972 film that rocketed her to stardom was, however, only one

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