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Month: June 2014

Leisure 

Film review: The Edge of Tomorrow

June 5, 2014June 5, 2014 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

In The Edge of Tomorrow, mimics are taking over the world, and it’s up to one man to save mankind

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Bulgaria 

Borissov responds to Mestan: Talks with President on early elections ‘should start tomorrow’

June 5, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Lyutvi Mestan

Talks with the President on a date for early national parliamentary elections “should start tomorrow”, Boiko Borissov, leader of centre-right

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian political party BWC threatens court action over TV reports on election irregularities

June 5, 2014June 5, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European elections 2014, Media

The Bulgaria Without Censorship (BWC) party, which ran fourth in European Parliament elections to capture two out of 17 seats,

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Bulgaria 

Anti-Semitic slogan, swastika daubed on Sofia Synagogue

June 5, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

An anti-Semitic slogan, “death to Jews”, along with a swastika were daubed on a fence outside Sofia Central Synagogue on

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Movement for Rights and Freedoms calls for early parliamentary elections by end of 2014

June 5, 2014June 8, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European elections 2014, Lyutvi Mestan, Plamen Oresharski

The Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) believes that early parliamentary elections should be held by the end of 2014,

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Europe 

G7 leaders focus on Russia, Ukraine in second day of talks

June 5, 2014June 5, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Leaders from the Group of Seven industrialized economies gather Thursday in Brussels for a second day of meetings. The talks

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Bulgaria 

Toshiba out as investor in Bulgaria’s Kozloduy nuclear project, replaced by Westinghouse

June 5, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Japanese company Toshiba Corporation has withdrawn as a strategic investor in negotiations on building a seventh unit at Bulgaria’s Kozloduy

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s revenue agency cold-calls thousands to pay their taxes

June 5, 2014June 6, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s National Revenue Agency (NRA) is using its new call centre to phone thousands of individuals to ask them to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria must make clear commitments to energy security and diversification, President Plevneliev says

June 5, 2014June 6, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Rossen Plevneliev, Russia, Ukraine

Bulgaria should undertake clear commitments to energy security and diversification, President Rossen Plevneliev told reporters in Warsaw, where energy security

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