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Year: 2013

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Water found in two-billion-year-old Mars rock

January 4, 2013 VOANews

Scientists examining a 2 billion-year-old rock from Mars that landed in the Sahara desert say it holds a large amount

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Bulgaria Business News 

Bulbank: Bulgarians’ household savings to grow in 2013

January 3, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarians’ household savings will continue to grow this year, albeit at a slower rate than in 2012, UniCredit Bulbank said

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Bulgaria News 

Investigation underway into construction project at Bulgaria’s Nessebur

January 3, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Agriculture Minister Miroslav Naidenov has convened a joint committee of officials from various ministries to investigate the legality of

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Bulgaria News World 

Investigators establish identity of one of accomplices in Bourgas Airport terrorist bombing

January 3, 2013January 3, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Investigators have established the identity of one of the accomplices in the July 2012 suicide bombing terrorist attack against a

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Bulgaria Leisure News 

Additional London to Plovdiv flight starts on January 3

January 3, 2013January 3, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Ryanair has added an additional London Stansted to Plovdiv flight to bring to three the number of the airline’s weekly

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Europe News 

Poland imposes farming bans on GM maize, potatoes

January 3, 2013May 22, 2013 The Warsaw Voice

The Polish government has banned cultivation of certain genetically modified (GM) strains of maize and potatoes, according to a government

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Bulgaria Business News 

Bulgaria could get up to 2.5B euro FDI in 2013 – official

January 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Foreign direct investment (FDI) in the Bulgarian economy in 2013 was expected to reach between two billion euro and 2.5

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Bulgaria Business News 

Bulgaria begins collecting income tax for 2012

January 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

On the first working day of 2013, Bulgaria’s National Revenue Agency (NRA) is already accepting income tax filings for the

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Bulgaria News 

Major events and anniversaries in Bulgaria in 2013

January 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria marks a number of anniversaries of significant historical events in 2013, along with a series of major political turning

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