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Day: January 7, 2016

Business 

Bulgaria gets Netflix as streaming service goes global

January 7, 2016January 8, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

US-based streaming service Netflix has made its service available worldwide, announcing expanded international roll-out at the CES 2016 consumer electronics

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Leisure 

Film review: Joy

January 7, 2016January 7, 2016 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

“Sometimes, life is just like a soap opera.” Such seems to be the guiding principle behind Joy, David O. Russell’s

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Business 

Bulgaria had among largest decreases in unemployment in EU – Eurostat

January 7, 2016January 11, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Eurostat

Bulgaria saw among the largest decreases in unemployment in the European Union, with joblessness falling from 10.6 per cent in

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Bulgaria 

Ousted MRF leader Mestan: I remain in politics

January 7, 2016January 9, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Ahmed Dogan, Lyutvi Mestan

Lyutvi Mestan, ousted as leader and as a member of the Bulgarian Parliament’s third-largest party the Movement for Rights and

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Bulgaria 

Former US ambassador to Bulgaria Sol Polansky dies

January 7, 2016January 8, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Sol Polansky, United States ambassador to Bulgaria from 1987 to 1990, has died at the age of 89 after a

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria among European countries to see ‘moderate’ growth in 2016 – World Bank

January 7, 2016January 8, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff World Bank

The economies of the western part of the Europe and Central Asia region, which includes Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey and the

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Europe 

Russian economy killers: Oil and sanctions

January 7, 2016January 7, 2016 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin gets a bad report card, even a failing grade, for his handling of the economic crisis

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Europe 

​Ukrainian lawmaker calls for Coca-Cola boycott after company shows Crimea as Russia

January 7, 2016January 7, 2016 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

Lawmaker and former journalist Mustafa Nayyem called on Ukrainians to boycott Coca-Cola products on January 5 after the American drinks

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