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Day: June 18, 2014

Leisure 

What’s on: Sarah Brightman at Arena Armeec, November 12

June 18, 2014June 25, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff editors pick

Best-selling soprano Sarah Brightman will sing in Bulgarian capital city Sofia for the first time on November 12, as part

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Leisure 

What’s On: Voinegovtsi Wrong Fest, June 21-22

June 18, 2014June 18, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Fans of Bulgarian indie bands are used to seeing them mostly play the club scene; opportunities to see such bands

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian prosecutors backtrack on ‘murder plot’ against Peevski

June 18, 2014June 19, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Prosecutor-General Sotir Tsatsarov said on June 18 that there was no evidence of a plot to murder controversial figure

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Bulgaria 

Parliamentary votes postponed amid Bulgaria’s political drama

June 18, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Bulgaria’s National Assembly postponed two key votes on June 18, one on overturning a presidential veto of the Interior Ministry

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria central bank deputy governor takes leave amid reports of investigation

June 18, 2014July 31, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) said on June 18 that its deputy governor for bank supervision, Tsvetan Gounev, has taken leave

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Europe 

Poroshenko: Ukraine ‘is in a state of war’

June 18, 2014 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

Speaking at the National University of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry’s graduation on June 18, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko called for

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Bulgaria 

Agriculture: Heavy rains make Bulgarian farmer eye harvests with concern

June 18, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgaria’s farmers are watching with concern as continuous thunderstorms and heavy rains could impact harvests of wheat and barley as

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Parliament to vote on cabinet changes on June 20

June 18, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Plamen Oresharski, Sergei Stanishev

It may seem like a definitive case of rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic, but changes to Bulgaria’s cabinet will

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Europe 

Report: Putin, Poroshenko discuss ceasefire following pipeline blast

June 18, 2014June 19, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

The Kremlin says Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by phone Tuesday with his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko about a possible

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