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Day: June 12, 2014

Leisure 

Film review: A Million Ways to Die in the West

June 12, 2014June 12, 2014 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

Far from an actual Western but not as funny or as wacky as Blazing Saddles, Seth MacFarlane’s A Million Ways

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Leisure 

Film review: Grace of Monaco

June 12, 2014June 12, 2014 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

Grace of Monaco arrives in local cinemas with what might be the worst word of mouth any film has had

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Business 

Bulgaria annual deflation rises to 2.0% in May

June 12, 2014June 12, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s consumer price index shrank again in May, by 0.5 per cent, pushing the annual deflation figure at the end

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Bulgaria 

Stanishev attempts fancy footwork on election date, resignation of cabinet

June 12, 2014June 17, 2014 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Sergei Stanishev

It was Richard M Nixon, who had some experience of failure, who said that finishing second in the Olympics gets

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Bulgaria 

Monica Stanisheva investigated over ‘Hochegger affair’

June 12, 2014June 12, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Sergei Stanishev

Monica Stanisheva, spouse of Bulgarian Socialist Party leader Sergei Stanishev, is being investigated in connection with allegations arising from Austria’s

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s MEPs take their places in European Parliament political groupings

June 12, 2014June 12, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European elections 2014, European Parliament

The 17 MEPs elected by Bulgaria in the country’s May 25 European Parliament elections have taken their places in the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM nominates UNESCO chief Bokova to be next UN Secretary General – report

June 12, 2014February 10, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Irina Bokova

Plamen Oresharski, prime minister in the Bulgarian Socialist Party cabinet seen as in its closing days as the country awaits

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Bulgaria 

Plovdiv court rejects Muslim claim on former mosque land in Karlovo

June 12, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Plovdiv Regional Court has upheld a decision by Karlovo District Court rejecting an application by the Muslim community to be

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament sitting to debate referendum proposals cancelled because of lack of quorum

June 12, 2014June 15, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

A sitting of Bulgaria’s National Assembly scheduled for June 12 to discuss proposals for a national referendum on electoral reform

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