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Day: October 17, 2013

Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Socialist Party tables legislation to ease public smoking ban

October 17, 2013February 11, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency smoking

A group of Bulgarian Socialist Party MPs have tabled legislation that would withdraw the full ban on smoking in enclosed

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s former Registry Agency chief handed five-year prison sentence

October 17, 2013October 17, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Sofia City Court sentenced Violeta Nikolova, the former head of Bulgaria’s Registry Agency who was fired in February 2012, to

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Business 

FDI in Bulgaria in January-August was 772.5 million euro

October 17, 2013October 17, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first eight months of the year stood at 772.5 million euro, the equivalent

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Bulgaria 

Strong winds, rain prompt ‘code yellow’ two-day weather alert in Bulgaria

October 17, 2013October 17, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

A code “yellow” weather warning has been issued for 22 districts in Bulgaria, covering most of the country with the

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Europe 

First shale gas explorations in Romania met with sit-in protests

October 17, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Romania

Several hundred people, mostly villagers, formed a human chain to prevent US company Chevron from installing its first prospecting well

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Europe 

Poll among Jews in nine EU countries: Anti-Semitism is getting worse

October 17, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

A survey in nine European Union countries of Jewish people’s experiences and perceptions show that three-quarters of respondents feel that

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World 

Congress passes bill to avert default, re-open US government

October 17, 2013February 11, 2014 VOANews

Congress has put an end to three weeks of drama, deadlock and danger to the global economy as both the

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