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Year: 2013

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Sovereign Order of Malta archive exhibition

March 15, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

In celebration of the 900-year anniversary of the Papal bull granting its sovereignty, the Sovereign Order of Malta is organising

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Bulgaria News 

Sparks fly as Bulgaria’s caretaker PM meets socialist leader Stanishev

March 15, 2013May 27, 2013 Alex Bivol Marin Raykov, Sergei Stanishev

Bulgaria’s caretaker Prime Minister Marin Raykov continued his series of meetings with senior officials and politicians on March 15 2013,

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Bulgaria Europe News 

EU leaders confront new economic concerns

March 15, 2013May 27, 2013 VOANews euro zone

European leaders are gathered in Brussels for another summit, facing new concerns that their austerity policies are adding to the

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Bulgaria News 

Woman dies in Bulgaria’s Gabrovo after being hit by scaffolding in storm

March 15, 2013March 15, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

A 20-year-old woman died in hospital on March 14 2013 after being hit by scaffolding swept by storm winds in

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian caretaker PM Raykov holds talks with Patriarch Neofit

March 15, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Marin Raykov

Caretaker Prime Minister Marin Raykov and Bulgarian Orthodox Church Patriarch Neofit sent messages of encouragement and hope amid difficult times

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Bulgaria 57th out of 187 countries in UN human development index report

March 15, 2013March 15, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria is 57th  out of 187 countries measured in the 2013 Human Development Index (HDI) rankings, the annual United Nations

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Film review: Searching for Sugar Man

March 15, 2013March 15, 2013 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

Hot off its win of the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, Searching for Sugar Man arrives in the Czech

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Leisure 

Film review: A Good Day to Die Hard

March 15, 2013March 15, 2013 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

Every single Russian in this film is a bad guy or girl – some from the very beginning, while others

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News World 

Scientists confirm Higgs Boson discovery

March 15, 2013May 27, 2013 VOANews final frontier

Scientists at the world’s largest atom collider say the subatomic particle discovered last year is indeed the Higgs boson that

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