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Month: April 2015

Leisure 

Film review: Run All Night

April 16, 2015April 16, 2015 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

Liam Neeson can’t outrun the ghosts of his past, and neither can his latest character, an Irish-born former mobster in

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Leisure 

2015 Austrian Music Weeks in Bulgaria opens on April 23

April 16, 2015May 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

The annual Austrian Music Weeks in Bulgaria opens with a concert in Sofia’s Bulgaria Hall on April 23 2015 and

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Bulgaria 

EC vice president Katainen outlines ‘Juncker Plan’ in Sofia

April 16, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Transparent governance, stable finances, zero tolerance for corruption and reforming the judiciary are the pre-conditions for more private investment in

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Sport 

Dimitrov knocks out defending champ Wawrinka in Monte-Carlo

April 16, 2015April 16, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Grigor Dimitrov

Grigor Dimitrov breezed by Stan Wawrinka in the third round of the Monte-Carlo Masters on April 16, knocking out the

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Europe 

S&P cuts Greece credit rating to CCC+

April 16, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Standard & Poor’s has cut Greece’s credit rating to “CCC+” from “B-” with a negative outlook, saying it expected Greece’s

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Europe 

Polish PM sees planned rally of Pro-Putin Russian bikers through Poland as provocation

April 16, 2015April 16, 2015 The Warsaw Voice Poland, Russia

Polish Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz described plans by one of Russia’s largest motorcycle clubs to ride through Poland en route

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Bulgaria 

Sofia court to rule on CCB insolvency ‘within seven days’

April 15, 2015April 19, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Sofia City Court held a hearing in the insolvency case against Corporate Commercial Bank (CCB) on April 15 and was

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Bulgaria 

Court finds former Bulgarian cabinet official not guilty over election ballot controversy

April 15, 2015May 7, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian election 2013

Sofia City Court ruled on April 15 to find Rossen Zhelyazkov, the former Council of Ministers chief secretary, not guilty

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Business 

Bulgaria competition watchdog opens investigation of Uber service in Sofia

April 15, 2015April 15, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) said on April 15 that it opened a formal investigation into the operations

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