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Deal on new EU mortgage rules, with stricter creditworthiness checks

April 23, 2013June 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission

New European Union rules intended to benefit mortgage holders and consumers across Europe – and to avoid irresponsible lending and

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Bulgaria News 

Prosecutors question Bulgaria’s former interior minister Tsvetanov for five hours

April 23, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Tsvetan Tsvetanov

Sofia city prosecutors questioned Bulgaria’s former interior minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov for close to five hours on April 23 in connection

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian border police detain Syrian family, latest of more than 80 illegal immigrants this year

April 23, 2013April 23, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian border police have detained a Syrian family, of two adults and two young boys, near the Bulgarian – Turkish

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Europe Leisure News 

Malév closure behind shorter, cheaper visits by tourists to Hungary

April 23, 2013May 27, 2013 The Budapest Times Hungary

Foreign tourists are tending to stay for shorter periods in Hungary and to spend less, the Central Statistical Office (KSH)

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Europe Leisure News 

LOT Dreamliners to return to operation in June

April 23, 2013May 27, 2013 The Warsaw Voice Poland

The berthed Boeing 787 Dreamliners can start servicing Polish national airline PLL LOT passengers in June, LOT CEO Sebastian Mikosz

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Europe News 

‘Skopje 2014’ project cost exceeds 207 million euro

April 23, 2013May 27, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

The “Skopje 2014” project of memorials in the Skopje square has reached a financial cost of 207 million euro since

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News World 

Boston bombing suspect formally charged

April 23, 2013 VOANews

U.S. authorities have charged the Boston Marathon bombing suspect with using a weapon of mass destruction, meaning if he is

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News World 

Study: Earth warmer now than any period in the past 1400 years

April 23, 2013 VOANews

Earth’s climate warmed more during the last 30 years of the 20th century than it did during any other three-decade

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Bulgaria Business News 

New Bulgarian Gambling Commission chief appointed

April 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s caretaker Finance Minister Kalin Hristov has appointed Ivan Enicherov chairperson of the country’s Gambling Commission, replacing Kaloyan Krustev, the

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