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Year: 2013

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Pub quiz raises funds for charity

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

The team of Philip Welsh of Trinity Corporate Services won the February 27 2013 pub quiz, organised by the Cedar

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Demand for internet and mobile services rising due to lower prices, UN report says

February 28, 2013February 28, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

There will soon be as many mobile cellular subscriptions as the seven billion people inhabiting the planet, according to figures

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Germany joins UK in fear of Romanian, Bulgarian flood

February 28, 2013May 22, 2013 The Budapest Times

German Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich called on Bulgaria and Romania on Monday to take measures to tackle emigration to wealthier

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Reports: US considering directly aiding Syrian rebels

February 28, 2013June 2, 2013 Brian Padden of VOANews Syria

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is reportedly close to announcing a major policy shift to expand non-lethal assistance to

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Way open for electricity prices in Bulgaria to fall in March, but by how much remains unknown

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

The amendments to the Energy Act approved by Bulgaria’s Parliament on February 27 2013 could open the way for a

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Poland’s nuclear power programme to be ready before summer

February 28, 2013May 27, 2013 The Warsaw Voice energy, nuclear

A comprehensive nuclear energy package should be presented to the government at the end of Q2, Zbigniew Kubacki, head of

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Bulgaria signs contract for Strouma motorway construction

February 27, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff motorways

Bulgaria’s acting Regional Development Minister Lilyana Pavlova signed on February 27 the contract for the construction of the 37km section

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Bulgarian MPs shut down Belene proposal in Parliament

February 27, 2013May 27, 2013 Alex Bivol Belene, energy

Bulgaria’s Parliament voted on February 27 a motion that supported the Cabinet’s decision to shelve the proposed nuclear power plant

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Bulgarian President to name parliamentary election date on February 28, and other stories

February 27, 2013February 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s continuing political crisis continued to unfold on February 27, with episodes through the day ranging from formal ritual to

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