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Year: 2013

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria orders shopping mall inspections

November 28, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Government said on November 28 that it has ordered inspections to check the structural soundness of the shopping malls

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s first snow: more traffic disruptions and blackouts

November 28, 2013November 28, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

After two days of intermittent snowfall, new reports of traffic disruptions and villages without power in Bulgaria emerged on November

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Perspectives 

After Ukraine, will Russia next lean on Moldova and Georgia?

November 28, 2013February 11, 2014 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief Georgia, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine

After Ukraine, seemingly under Russian pressure, made a U-turn last week on its road towards closer integragration with the European

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Business 

Poland to launch commercial shale gas extraction in 2014 – minister

November 28, 2013November 28, 2013 The Warsaw Voice energy, Poland

Poland will begin commercial production of shale gas next year, deputy Environment Minister and Chief National Geologist Piotr Wozniak said

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Europe 

Bosnian-Croat president charged with abuse of power

November 28, 2013November 28, 2013 VOANews Bosnia and Herzegovina

The president of Bosnia-Herzegovina’s Muslim-Croat federation has been charged with abuse of power for allegedly pardoning criminals. Prosecutors say Zivko

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Europe 

Report: New HIV infections on the rise in Eastern Europe

November 27, 2013 VOANews

The number of people infected with HIV in Europe and nearby nations has risen 8 percent in the past year,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s first snow: blackouts, traffic and flight disruptions

November 27, 2013November 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The first snowfall of the winter in Bulgaria resulted in a familiar picture – traffic disruptions and reports of rural

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Bulgaria 

Bid to overturn presidential veto of Foreigners Act amendments fails

November 27, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

A bid by the Bulgarian Socialist Party and Movement for Rights and Freedoms to overturn President Rossen Plevneliev’s veto of

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Leisure 

Tickets for Aerosmith concert in Sofia go on sale

November 27, 2013November 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Aerosmith’s concert in Sofia has been officially confirmed on the band’s website, with tickets going on sale on November 27.

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