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Day: July 10, 2014

Perspectives 

Bulgarian Socialist Party seeks, well, red best-seller

July 10, 2014May 10, 2024 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Sergei Stanishev

Officially or otherwise, a number of candidates have emerged to succeed Sergei Stanishev at a Bulgarian Socialist Party congress on

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Perspectives Sport 

Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgaria’s natural antidepressant

July 10, 2014May 10, 2024 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Grigor Dimitrov

Around the latter half of the afternoon of July 4, the streets of Sofia and most towns and villages in

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Leisure 

What’s On: Hugh Laurie at Sofia’s National Palace of Culture, July 11

July 10, 2014July 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

British actor (House MD, Blackadder) and musician Hugh Laurie and his Copper Bottom Band are to give their first concert

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Leisure 

Film review: 22 Jump Street

July 10, 2014May 10, 2024 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

The word “franchise” is not used explicitly, but it is embedded throughout this self-conscious film whose entertainment value vastly outweighs

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Leisure 

Film review: Boyhood

July 10, 2014July 10, 2014 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

Sprawling but not unwieldy, Richard Linklater’s Boyhood takes the eventful but not overly dramatized life of an ordinary teenager from

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Leisure 

Film review: Can a Song Save Your Life? (Begin Again)

July 10, 2014July 10, 2014 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

She is all about authenticity and giving the music industry the middle finger. She has some talent, but she is

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Bulgaria 

Violent storm hits Bulgaria’s Lovech, leaves 11 villages without electricity

July 10, 2014July 13, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

In the latest blow from heavy weather in Bulgaria this summer, a violent storm broke over the town of Lovech

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Europe 

Nearly 50 servicemen killed since June 19; death toll reaches 223

July 10, 2014July 10, 2014 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

Ukraine’s recent military successes – the nation’s flag is now flying over Sloviansk and Kramatorsk in Donetsk Oblast – are

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Bulgaria 

EC opens five new infringement proceedings against Bulgaria

July 10, 2014July 13, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission

The European Commission said on July 10 that it opened five new infringement proceedings against Bulgaria, as part of its

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