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Year: 2013

Bulgaria 

Would-be thieves torch money in botched ATM robbery in Bulgaria

August 7, 2013August 7, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Burglars who attempted to crack an ATM in the Bulgarian town of Shoumen ended up burning through the plastic cash

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Europe 

Murder convictions highlight Roma discrimination in Europe

August 7, 2013 Henry Ridgwell of VOANews Hungary

A court in Hungary has jailed three men for life and a fourth for 13 years for a series of

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Perspectives 

Erdogan’s presidential plans linked to Turkey’s economic fortunes

August 7, 2013August 7, 2013 David Arnold of VOANews Turkey

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s handling of recent anti-government demonstrations and his public quarrel with the country’s banks and

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President to challenge eavesdropping bill at Constitutional Court

August 6, 2013August 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev said on August 6 that he will challenge the recent amendments to the Special Surveillance Means

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Business 

Bulgaria to delay digital broadcasting switchover

August 6, 2013August 6, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria will not switch off analogue broadcasting of television signals at the September 1 deadline because of delays in public

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Leisure 

Bulgaria’s Albena offers tourists beachside lockboxes, library

August 6, 2013August 6, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff beaches

Bulgaria’s Black Sea resort of Albena, north of Varna, has been started offering its holidaymakers new beachside services, including lockboxes

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Sport 

Bulgaria’s football clubs demand cut of any Gazprom sponsorship money

August 6, 2013August 6, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff South Stream

Bulgaria’s top-flight football clubs plan to ask the Cabinet to divide any sponsorship money from Russian state-owned gas company Gazprom

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Business 

Bulgaria’s Nova Broadcasting Group expands online portfolio with DarikNet acquisition

August 6, 2013August 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Media

Nova Broadcasting Group said on August 6 that it acquired 70 per cent in DarikNet, in a deal expected to

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Bulgaria 

All eyes on whether Bulgarian President will put a spoke in the wheels of socialist billion-leva budget tinkering

August 6, 2013August 22, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Rossen Plevneliev

By August 7, it should become clear whether Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev has decided to exercise his limited right of

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