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Year: 2013

Leisure 

Film review: Kick-Ass 2

August 29, 2013August 29, 2013 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

There is nothing wrong with putting some hardcore violence onscreen from time to time. Quentin Tarantino, the most infamous Hollywood

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Bulgaria 

No-confidence vs ‘national consensus’ as Bulgaria heads for new parliamentary session

August 29, 2013February 11, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgaria’s centre-right GERB party, simultaneously the largest single party in Parliament and also the opposition, is gearing up to table

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria urges citizens not to travel to Middle East and North Africa

August 29, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Cyprus, Greece, Romania

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry, in a statement on August 29 2013, called on citizens not to travel to the countries of

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Business 

Romanian company buys Croatian railway cargo

August 29, 2013August 29, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Croatia, Romania

Croatian railway company HZ Cargo is to be sold to Romanian investor Grup Feroviar Roman. The initial agreements have now

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Business 

Ikea to halt expansion in Bulgaria – report

August 29, 2013August 29, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Swedish furniture maker IKEA, which opened its first store in Bulgaria in capital city Sofia in 2011, has put plans

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria ‘awaiting clear resolution from UN Security Council on Syria’

August 28, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Syria

In contrast to the strong positions taken by the United States, United Kingdom and France – as well as the

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Europe 

Bulgarians among suspects arrested as largest Ecstasy lab ever found in Europe bust

August 28, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

In a landmark operation supported by Europol and led by Belgium, law enforcement authorities have dismantled the largest illicit synthetic

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Business 

Bulgarian-Serbian chamber of commerce established

August 28, 2013August 28, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Serbia

Trade and industry groups in Bulgaria and Serbia have banded together to form the Bulgarian-Serbian Chamber of Commerce and Industry

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Business 

Bulgaria’s business climate indicator unchanged m/m in August 2013

August 28, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s business climate indicator remained unchanged in August 2013 compared with July, which had been the first month this year

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