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Year: 2013

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Cake, coffee and cats in Budapest

May 26, 2013May 26, 2013 Elisabeth Katalin Grabow of The Budapest Times

While the idea of sharing a restaurant with 15 cats might not thrill everyone, for feline lovers the Cat Café,

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Bulgaria News 

Proposed Oresharski cabinet to be presented to Parliament for vote on May 28

May 26, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Plamen Oresharski

Expectations are that Bulgaria’s next cabinet, of “experts” headed by prime minister-designate Plamen Oresharski, will be presented to Parliament for

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Bulgaria Europe News 

Economy, energy focus in talks between Bulgarian PM Raykov and Italy’s Letta

May 26, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Marin Raykov, Schengen

Talks in Rome between Bulgarian Prime Minister Marin Raykov and his Italian counterpart Enrico Letta focused entirely on economic matters,

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Business Europe News 

Calling all creative minds in cyberspace

May 26, 2013May 27, 2013 Daniel Bardsley for The Prague Post Czech Republic

First there was LinkedIn, then Myspace, then Facebook and now … Toadsquare. Prague-based Czech-Australian Jane Hrouda has launched a website

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News World 

Telescopes spot colliding galaxies

May 25, 2013May 27, 2013 VOANews final frontier

Astronomers have gotten a rare glimpse of two distant and ancient galaxies merging. The galaxies, called HXMM01, are about 11

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Bulgaria News 

Flight from Leipzig skids off runway at Bulgaria’s Varna Airport

May 24, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Varna

An Air Via aircraft, a charter flight from Leipzig with 172 passengers aboard, left the runway at Varna Airport, Northeastern

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Business News 

Bulgarians celebrate authors of Cyrillic script on May 24: Photos

May 24, 2013May 24, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

On May 24, Bulgarian held its annual celebrations of the public holiday honouring Saints Cyril and Methodius, the Day of

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Europe News 

Bee health: EU-wide restrictions on pesticides use to enter into force on December 1

May 24, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission

A restriction on the use of three pesticides belonging to the neonicotinoid family was adopted on May 24 2013 by

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Europe News 

Romania expels ‘cowboy’ jihadists

May 24, 2013May 27, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Romania

Two foreigners suspected of planning terrors attacks have been arrested and then expelled by the Romanian authorities, the Romanian home

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