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Day: July 31, 2014

Leisure 

Film review: Guardians of the Galaxy

July 31, 2014May 10, 2024 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

Chris Pratt may be alternatively annoying and endearing as Andy in the television series Parks and Recreation, but as a

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Leisure 

Film review: The Purge: Anarchy

July 31, 2014August 4, 2014 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

Perhaps the best thing about The Purge: Anarchy is its not-so-veiled criticism of the violence that the aggressive policies of

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Business 

Bulgaria central bank orders full CCB audit, hints at longer conservatorship

July 31, 2014August 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

The Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) said on July 31 that it ordered Corporate Commercial Bank (CCB) administrators to prepare a

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Business 

Bulgarian Constitutional Court repeals renewable energy tariff fee

July 31, 2014August 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court said on July 31 that it has declared unconstitutional the provisions in the 2014 Budget Act that

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Europe 

Experts reach Ukraine crash site

July 31, 2014July 31, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

An international team of experts has reached the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in eastern Ukraine for the

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Business 

Bulgaria Budget deficit widens to 995.6M leva in June

July 31, 2014August 11, 2014 Alex Bivol macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s consolidated Budget deficit for the first half of 2014 was 995.6 million leva, or about 509 million euro, compared

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Europe 

Romania braces for severe floods in the south-west

July 31, 2014July 31, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Romania

Two people have died so far and other four were missing after southwestern Romania was hit by severe flooding, with

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Europe 

Unemployment in EU 10.2% in June 2014, 11.6% in Bulgaria

July 31, 2014August 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Eurostat, macroeconomic indicators

Unemployment in the 28-member European Union was 10.2 per cent in June 2014, down from 10.3 per cent in May,

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Europe 

Warsaw slams Russian ban on Polish fruit

July 31, 2014 The Warsaw Voice Poland, Russia, Ukraine

Officials in Warsaw Wednesday slammed a Russian ban on most fruit and vegetable imports from Poland, describing it as “political

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