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Year: 2013

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Europe 

EU unemployment flat at 11% in July

August 30, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Eurostat

The 28-member European Union ended July 2013 with 11 per cent unemployment, seasonally adjusted, unchanged from the previous month, according

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Bulgaria 

The Wall Live in Sofia brings traffic restrictions, extended working hours for public transportation

August 30, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Sofia city hall has extended the working hours of public transportation lines on August 30 because of the Roger Waters’

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to place refugees in hostels and low-cost hotels in Sofia

August 30, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Syrian refugees

Bulgaria, which has stepped up funding for additional accommodation for asylum-seekers, is planning to provide a further 500 places for

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Europe 

UN envoy: Serbia and Kosovo making positive steps towards normal relations

August 30, 2013August 30, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Kosovo, Serbia

Positive steps taken by leaders in Belgrade and Priština in recent months have led to historic agreements and fundamental progress

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World 

Opposition blocks British plan for Syria attack

August 29, 2013 Al Pessin of VOANews

Concern over whether chemical weapons were actually used in Syria, and by whom, has moved the British opposition Labor Party

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World 

Emergency meeting in Ankara on Syria

August 29, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Turkey

The developments in Syria and the possibility of military intervention have caused concern in Ankara about the prospect of some

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Perspectives 

Russia seethes on sidelines as West prepares Syria actions

August 29, 2013May 10, 2024 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief Russia

Russia’s navy announced Thursday it is sending two warships into the Eastern Mediterranean near the shores of Syria. At the

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Bulgaria Leisure 

From rock to Strauss, upcoming performances in Bulgaria September to December 2013

August 29, 2013May 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Whatever else may happen in Bulgaria in the last four months of 2013, there is at least the consolation of

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Leisure 

Film review: Elysium

August 29, 2013August 29, 2013 Raymond Johnston of The Prague Post

Science fiction works best not when it is about the problems that people will face in the future, but when

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