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Month: February 2014

Sport 

Bulgaria’s Dimitrov through to Acapulco semis

February 28, 2014March 1, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Grigor Dimitrov

Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov secured a place in the Abierto Mexicano Telcel Open late on February 27, after a hard-earned three-set

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: A million signatures for a referendum on electoral laws…

February 28, 2014February 28, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

Going by the claims of organisers, more than a million signatures have been collected to demand that Bulgaria’s Parliament agrees

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Europe 

Turkey’s government tries to expand intelligence agency powers

February 27, 2014 Dorian Jones of VOANews Turkey

The Turkish government is pushing through legislation extending the powers of the country’s National Intelligence Agency, or MIT, and increasing

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Leisure 

What’s On: Sofia International Film Fest begins on March 6

February 27, 2014May 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s biggest annual cinema event, Sofia International Film Festival, opens on March 6 at the National Palace of Culture (NDK)

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Leisure 

Film review: The Monuments Men

February 27, 2014February 27, 2014 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

These guys really existed. They were art historians, architects, curators and artists, and they played a very important part in

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Leisure 

Film review: Non-Stop

February 27, 2014February 27, 2014 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

When you’re watching an aircraft hijack movie, you know everything will turn out alright in the end, except if it’s

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World 

US alleges widespread global human rights violations

February 27, 2014February 27, 2014 VOANews

The U.S. is alleging that too many governments around the world are tightening controls on free expression and using repressive

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Bulgaria 

Roma issues, worsening media environment highlighted in US state department report on Bulgaria

February 27, 2014March 2, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

The marginalisation of the Roma minority remains Bulgaria’s most pressing human rights problem, according to the United States state department

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World 

Cyber thieves increasingly attack mobile devices

February 27, 2014February 28, 2014 Matthew Hilburn of VOANews

The amount of malicious software targeting mobile devices is exploding, according to security firm Kaspersky Lab. Kaspersky said that in

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