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Year: 2013

Europe News 

Moldova’s pro-EU parties form new government coalition, invest cabinet

May 31, 2013 Alex Bivol Moldova

Moldova’s parliament elected a new speaker and invested a new cabinet headed by Iurie Leanca on May 30 after the

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Bulgaria Europe News World 

On World No-Tobacco Day, Bulgaria faces new smoking ban debate

May 30, 2013May 30, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer smoking

As annual World No-Tobacco Day is marked on May 31 2013, with the World Health Organisation and European Union among

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People 

Sovereign Order of Malta exhibition in Sofia

May 30, 2013October 30, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The ambassador of the Sovereign Order of Malta in Sofia Camillo Zuccoli and the art director of Pregarni Me studio,

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Leisure 

Film review: The Hangover Part III

May 30, 2013May 30, 2013 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

There’s something fundamentally wrong with a film when we root for some of the main characters getting killed or seriously

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Leisure 

Film review: Fast and Furious 6

May 30, 2013May 30, 2013 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

Full disclosure: This is my first The Fast and the Furious film in more than a decade. And yet, despite

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry chief secretary, security agency chief quit as new government takes over: Updated

May 30, 2013June 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Tsvetlin Yovchev

Interior Ministry chief secretary Kalin Georgiev has resigned, Bulgaria’s new Interior Minister Tsvetlin Yovchev said on May 30 2013, while

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Sport 

Bulgaria’s Dimitrov sets up Djokovic re-match at Roland Garros

May 30, 2013May 30, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Grigor Dimitrov

Grigor Dimitrov defeated French wild-card entrant Lucas Pouille in the second round of the French Open on May 30, setting

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian Parliament passes maternity leave hike

May 30, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Parliament passed at first reading on May 30 two bills that envision raising maternity leave to 310 leva a

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Business Europe News 

EU and euro zone economic, business sentiment pick up in May

May 30, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Economic and business sentiment in the European Union and euro zone improved in May 2013, according to survey results released

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