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Month: January 2014

Leisure 

Major concerts, entertainment events in Bulgaria in early 2014

January 10, 2014January 10, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

A concert by Placido Domingo at Sofia’s Arena Armeec Hall on February 14 at 8pm is among the major entertainment

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World 

Global food prices in 2013 third highest on record – UN Food and Agricultural Organisation

January 9, 2014January 9, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

For the second consecutive month, the cost of food worldwide remained nearly unchanged in December 2013, with overall global food

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Europe 

As protests in Ukraine fade, focus turns to elections

January 9, 2014 Daniel Bardsley for The Prague Post

Reports indicate that although there are still thousands of protesters occupying government buildings and Independence Square in the capital, Kyiv,

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Leisure 

Film review: Lone Survivor

January 9, 2014January 10, 2014 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

The one thing all US politicians, no matter how extreme or politically minded, can agree on is that “the troops”

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Leisure 

Film review: Nymphomaniac, Vol 2

January 9, 2014January 10, 2014 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

The last time we saw Joe (Charlotte Gainsbourg), she was writhing between the sheets, but in a way different than

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s proposed new Penal Code ‘will block investigative journalism’

January 9, 2014February 11, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency

Controversial proposed amendments to Bulgaria’s Penal Code will put an end to anti-corruption investigative journalism, new reports say, in the

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Business 

Economic sentiment in EU, euro zone best since 2011 – official

January 9, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

The Economic Sentiment Indicator (ESI) in the euro zone in December 2013 was at its best level since July 2011,

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Sport 

Bulgaria’s Pironkova reaches first career WTA final in Sydney

January 9, 2014January 10, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s top-ranked female tennis player, Tsvetana Pironkova, reached her first WTA Tour final at the Apia International in Sydney after

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Bulgaria 

Tax office begins audit of human rights watchdog Bulgarian Helsinki Committee

January 9, 2014February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

The National Revenue Agency has initiated a special tax audit of human rights watchdog the Bulgarian Helsinki Committee in a

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