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Day: March 12, 2015

Leisure 

Film review: Wild

March 12, 2015March 12, 2015 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

In 1995, a young woman walks most of the 2,000-plus-mile Pacific Crest Trail that stretches from close to the Mexican

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Leisure 

What’s on: Chambao to play in Sofia, Varna in June 2015

March 12, 2015May 4, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia, Varna

Nearly a year to the day, Spanish electronic music and flamenco fusion band Chambao will return to Sofia’s National Palace

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Bulgaria 

Sofia court rejects request to appoint CCB receiver – reports

March 12, 2015March 18, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Sofia City Court rejected a request lodged by the state deposit guarantee fund to appoint an interim bankruptcy receiver at

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Parliament appoints new health insurance fund chief

March 12, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Parliament appointed Glinka Komitov as the new head of the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) on March 12, replacing

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court scraps data retention provisions

March 12, 2015March 16, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court ruled on March 12 to declare provisions in the Electronic Communications Act mandating the bulk collection of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian ministers defend emergency response in snow crisis

March 12, 2015March 13, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Four Bulgarian ministers defended the government’s efforts to deal with the crisis caused by heavy snowfall in the south of

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Business 

Bulgarian President Plevneliev praises bilateral co-operation in meeting with British trade mission

March 12, 2015March 12, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev praised the close business ties between Bulgaria and UK in his welcoming address to a British

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Business 

Energy giant Total, Cyprus agree to extend exploration

March 12, 2015March 12, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Cyprus, energy

The Cypriot cabinet has given the green light for the signing of an agreement with French energy giant Total, allowing

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Europe 

US slaps sanctions on more Ukraine rebels, Russian bank

March 12, 2015 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

The United States has imposed sanctions on another group of individuals and entities in Ukraine and Russia accused of “undermining

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