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Day: February 12, 2016

People 

Cedar Foundation pub quiz on February 18

February 12, 2016February 12, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

The Cedar Foundation is organising another pub quiz to be held on Thursday, February 18 at JJ Murphy’s pub in

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Europe 

Russia bristles at Nato expansion in Eastern Europe

February 12, 2016February 12, 2016 Daniel Schearf of VOANews Nato, Russia

Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov is to meet with the head of Nato, Jens Stoltenberg, Friday at a security conference

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Leisure 

Film review: Deadpool

February 12, 2016February 12, 2016 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

Deadpool flips the script in its opening scene already. The camera smoothly glides between bodies suspended in mid-air, tracking farther and

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Bulgaria 

Turkish ambassador ‘largely confirms’ country’s ban on Dogan, Peevski – Bulgarian Foreign Ministry

February 12, 2016February 15, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Ahmed Dogan, Turkey

Turkey’s ambassador in Sofia, Süleyman Gökçe, has “largely confirmed” media reports that Movement for Rights and Freedoms honorary president Ahmed

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria busts group sex-trafficking women to Marseille

February 12, 2016February 12, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgarian Border Police neutralised an organised crime group that had been trafficking women for exploitation in Western Europe, mainly to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Foreign Ministry has no information on Turkey’s ban on Dogan and Peevski, Parliament told

February 12, 2016February 12, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Ahmed Dogan, Turkey

Bulgaria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has no official information about Turkey banning Movement for Rights and Freedoms honorary president Ahmed

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria records 0.8% economic growth in Q4 2015 – flash estimate

February 12, 2016February 15, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s economy posted 0.8 per cent growth in the fourth quarter of 2015, the National Statistical Institute (NSI) said in a

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry issues advisory on Greek border blockades, protest in Athens

February 12, 2016February 14, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Greece

The Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued an advisory to the country’s citizens travelling to Greece ahead of the

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World 

IMF nominates Lagarde for further term as MD

February 12, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff IMF

The International Monetary Fund executive board has nominated incumbent managing director Christine Lagarde for a further term in that post.

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