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Year: 2013

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Film review: Spring Breakers

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

If blond teenage girls watched more James Bond movies, they’d be able to better spot a bad guy. One giveaway,

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Leisure 

Film review: The Host

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

The Host bills itself as a science-fiction film for those who don’t like science fiction. Given its pedigree as a

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Bulgaria Business News 

Bulgarian regulator cuts gas, heating prices

March 28, 2013May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s State Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (SEWRC) approved on March 28 lower prices for natural gas and central heating,

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Cyprus crisis burns Russian investors

March 28, 2013May 27, 2013 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief Cyprus, Russia

For years, construction companies in Cyprus lured Russians to invest in the Mediterranean island. Over the last decade, 40,000 Russians

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Bulgaria News 

Controversy over poll showing Bulgaria’s GERB making big gain against socialists

March 28, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian election 2013

A new opinion poll by the MBMD agency, released on March 28 2013, showing Boiko Borissov’s party GERB with a

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Bulgaria will not initiate procedure for EU to declare Hezbollah a terrorist organisation, caretaker PM Raykov says

March 28, 2013June 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas terrorist attack, Marin Raykov

Bulgaria’s caretaker Prime Minister Marin Raykov has reiterated that his country will not initiate the procedure for the European Union

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Bulgarian President joins in criticism of IOC intention to drop wrestling from Olympics

March 28, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev said on March 28 he was “concerned” with the International Olympic Committee’s intention to drop wrestling

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian socialist leader to approach Prosecutor-General over alleged eavesdropping of politicians and business people

March 28, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Sergei Stanishev

Bulgarian Socialist Party leader Sergei Stanishev said that he would approach the Prosecutor-General after receiving allegations that there had been

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Bulgaria Europe News 

Bulgaria to open honorary consulate in Stuttgart

March 28, 2013May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s caretaker cabinet on March 28 2013 approved a decision to open an honorary consulate headquartered in Stuttgart with a

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