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Day: April 30, 2015

Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Orthodox Church includes blessing for Saxe-Coburg as ‘Tsar of Bulgarians’ in liturgies

April 30, 2015May 4, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Bulgarian Orthodox Church

The Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s governing body, the Holy Synod, has decided to include a blessing for Simeon Saxe-Coburg as “His

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Europe 

Russian media play up World War 2 victory, lash out at ‘V-Day snubs’

April 30, 2015May 5, 2015 VOANews Russia

Russian state media are ramping up nationalism ahead of the 70th anniversary of “Victory Day” on May 9, preparing to

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Leisure 

Film review: Ex Machina

April 30, 2015April 30, 2015 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

Not since the one-two of Andrew Niccol’s Gattaca in 1997 and Alex Proyas’s Dark City in 1998 has a big-budget,

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Perspectives 

Ukraine’s economic pressures

April 30, 2015April 29, 2015 Andrew Wilson of the European Council on Foreign Relations Russia, Ukraine

With Ukraine’s economy on the brink of disaster, the International Monetary Fund agreed a $17.5 billion package for Ukraine in

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Leisure 

José Carreras farewell performance in Sofia on December 3

April 30, 2015April 30, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

The great Spanish tenor José Carreras is to say farewell to his Bulgarian audience with a concert in Sofia at

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Bulgaria 

Court acquits Bulgaria’s former roads agency chief in conflict of interest trial

April 30, 2015April 30, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Sofia City Court ruled on April 30 find Vesselin Georgiev, a former head of Bulgaria’s road infrastructure agency, not guilty

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Bulgaria 

Ombudsman: TV7 case ‘perhaps act of personal revenge’

April 30, 2015May 4, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair, Media

Bulgaria’s national Ombudsman Konstantin Penchev said that he had the feeling that someone wanted to close down TV7, perhaps as

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Business 

EU unemployment 9.8% in March 2015, 10.4% in Bulgaria

April 30, 2015May 4, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Unemployment in Bulgaria in March 2015 was 10.4 per cent, down from 12.1 per cent in March 2014, according to

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Business 

Optimism about Bulgaria’s business climate improved in April 2015 – statistics institute

April 30, 2015May 4, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Improved expectations in Bulgaria’s construction and retail trades pushed up the overall business climate indicator in April 2015 by 2.5

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