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Year: 2013

Leisure 

What’s On: Anneke Van Giersbergen to promote new album in Sofia on November 28

October 3, 2013May 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Dutch singer, musician and songwriter Anneke van Giersbergen is going on a European Tour to promote her new album Drive.

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Leisure 

Film review: Gravity

October 3, 2013May 10, 2024 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

Films like Gravity are one in a million. Besides reminding everyone of the incredible visual talents he has that never

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Film review: Rush

October 3, 2013February 11, 2014 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

James Hunt and Niki Lauda were almost polar opposites. Hunt was young, blond and British, a playboy that had women

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President Plevneliev: Parliament failing citizens’ expectations

October 3, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev says that the country is in a combination of several crises – political, parliamentary, demographic and

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Bulgaria 

Red Cross and Red Crescent grant funds to help Bulgaria cope with refugee situation

October 3, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Syrian refugees

Bulgaria is to get 173 000 Swiss francs (about 141 040 euro) from the International Federation of the Red Cross

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Business 

Retail trade in Bulgaria rose 4.9% year-on-year in August 2013 – Eurostat

October 3, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Eurostat, macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria was among European Union states to see the highest increases in retail trade year-on-year in August 2013, at 4.9

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Socialist Party reviving moves to reverse full ban on smoking in restaurants and bars – reports

October 3, 2013February 11, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency smoking

The Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) has revived discussions on reversing the law banning smoking in enclosed public spaces such as

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry announces e-mail address for reporting abuses by traffic police

October 3, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

The e-mail address to which motorists can send complaints about alleged abuses by traffic police was announced by Bulgaria’s Interior

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Business 

Bulgaria to issue 360M euro debt in Germany

October 3, 2013October 3, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry will borrow 360 million euro from German investors before the end of the year, with the Cabinet

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