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Day: August 8, 2014

Europe 

Romanian court sentences media magnate to 10 year imprisonment

August 8, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Romania

The Bucharest court of appeal sentenced Romanian media magnate and politician Dan Voiculescu to 10 years in jail, ending one

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Europe 

Ukraine to sanction 172 individuals and 65 companies for ‘support of terrorism’

August 8, 2014August 8, 2014 Oksana Grytsenko of The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

Ukraine’s government has picked 172 individuals and 65 companies that will face sanctions for “support and financing of terrorism” or

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Leisure 

What’s On: first international Sofia Comics Expo 2014 from August 15

August 8, 2014August 8, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

The Sofia Comics Expo 2014, which organisers describe as the first international exhibition of comics to be held in Bulgaria,

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Perspectives 

Political gulf widens as Bulgaria’s caretaker administration begins clean-up operation

August 8, 2014May 10, 2024 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Rossen Plevneliev

When in 2013 it was clear that political circumstances made an immediate return to power by Boiko Borissov impossible, a

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian lottery cancels 2.5M euro jackpot payout on suspicion of fraud

August 8, 2014August 8, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s prosecutor’s office said on August 8 that it pressed charges of fraud against two individuals who sought to claim

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Sport 

Bulgaria’s Ludogorets to play Steaua Bucharest in Champions League play-off

August 8, 2014August 8, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgaria’s three-time champions Ludogorets Razgrad were handed a short trip across the Danube River, drawing Steaua Bucharest as their opponent

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Bulgaria 

Archaeology: Fifth century Christian basilica found in Bulgaria’s Bourgas

August 8, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Bourgas

Archaeologists working in the Kraimorie area of Bourgas on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast have found a Christian basilica said

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Bulgaria 

Blast at Bulgarian military plant injures 10

August 8, 2014August 22, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Ten people were injured in an explosion at the Terem munitions plant in the town of Kostenets, 60km south-east from

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World 

2014 Perseid meteor shower to be ‘outshone’ by August 10 record Supermoon

August 8, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

The 2014 Perseid meteor shower will peak between August 10 and 13 – but August 10 is also the date

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