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Month: August 2013

Perspectives 

Bulgarian Socialist Party government continues campaign to demonise President Plevneliev

August 9, 2013May 10, 2024 Independent Balkan News Agency 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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Bulgaria 

Perseid meteor shower 2013 to peak over Bulgaria on August 12 and 13

August 9, 2013August 8, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff final frontier

The annual summer night sky show that is the Perseid meteor shower will peak in 2013 on the nights of

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Leisure 

Film review: Red 2

August 9, 2013August 8, 2013 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

For a film that wants to be a comedy, it is criminal to be unfunny; but unfunny criminals are even

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Leisure 

Film review: Pain & Gain

August 9, 2013August 8, 2013 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

“My name is Daniel Lugo, and I believe in fitness,” are the first and last words of Pain & Gain,

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