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Year: 2013

Bulgaria News Perspectives 

Boiko Borissov and ‘Buddha’: Future and past tense

February 8, 2013February 8, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

The drip-feed of new posts of documents purporting to prove that Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov was some sort of

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Europe News Perspectives 

The shape of Serbia

February 8, 2013February 7, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Serbian prime minister Ivica Dačić and his current coalition government appear to have emerged largely secure, if a little rattled,

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Europe News 

EU accession talks with Serbia can start before June 2013, MEPs say

February 8, 2013May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

European Union accession talks with Serbia should start without delay, provided the government keeps the reform process on course, members

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Leisure 

Film review: The Last Stand

February 8, 2013February 7, 2013 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

There is a kind of cheap thrill one gets reading the title of the latest film with Arnold Schwarzenegger in

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Leisure 

Film review: Hitchcock

February 8, 2013February 7, 2013 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

Hitchcock doesn’t show us what a great man the Master of Suspense was as much as it shows us what

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Europe News 

Jailed members of Russian band Pussy Riot appeal to European court

February 7, 2013February 7, 2013 VOANews

Jailed members of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot are contesting their convictions in the European Court of Human Rights.

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Business News World 

No change in global food prices after months of decline, UN FAO says

February 7, 2013February 7, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

World food prices are steady after three months of decline with increased prices for oil and fats balancing out lower

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News World 

NASA captures first images of ISON comet

February 7, 2013February 8, 2013 VOANews

NASA has captured the first images of a distant comet, which may give us a spectacular light show later this

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Bulgaria Business News 

Bulgaria clears way for Plovdiv Fair sell-off

February 7, 2013February 7, 2013 Alex Bivol

Bulgaria’s Parliament approved on February 7 a motion to remove Plovdiv International Fair from the list of companies under a

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