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Global warming trend ‘unmistakable’ UN says

January 17, 2013 Phil Mercer of VOANews

The United Nations’ chief science body is meeting in Tasmania as climate scientists urge Australia to prepare for rising sea

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Bulgaria News 

New mechanism for assistance to Bulgarians abroad proposed by Foreign Ministry

January 17, 2013June 2, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Nikolai Mladenov

Bulgaria”s Foreign Ministry unveiled on January 16 2013 a draft bill on consular services for Bulgarians travelling and living in

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Global economy remains fragile, World Bank says in outlook for 2013

January 17, 2013June 2, 2013 Joe DeCapua of VOANews.com World Bank

The World Bank says four years after the start of the financial crisis, the global economy remains fragile. Growth in

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Wake me when it’s over: Bulgaria holds second ‘live’ debate in nuclear referendum

January 16, 2013January 17, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

The foremost problem in Bulgaria’s national debate ahead of the country’s January 27 2013 national referendum on the future of

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Bulgaria News 

Brit handed four-year sentence for paedophilia in Bulgaria

January 16, 2013January 17, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

A 63-year-old British citizen has been sentenced to four years in jail by the Veliko Turnovo District Court on charges

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Bulgaria News 

Dossier Commission identifies former State Security agents working in Bulgaria’s prisons

January 16, 2013January 17, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

An investigation by the Dossier Commission, the body empowered by law to scrutinise official records and identify agents and collaborators

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Bulgaria Business News 

Eight companies get gongs at Bulgarian Investor of the Year awards

January 16, 2013January 17, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Eight companies received awards from Invest Bulgaria investment promotion agency on January 15 at the agency’s seventh annual awards gala.

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Bulgaria News 

Ataka’s Siderov assaulted me, Bulgarian reporter alleges

January 16, 2013January 16, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

A Bulgarian journalist has laid a complaint with police alleging that Volen Siderov, leader of the ultra-nationalist Ataka party, assaulted

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Bulgaria News 

Children of Dune 2: Parliament’s committee probing high-level corruption to hear ex-PM Stanishev and former cabinet ministers on land swaps

January 16, 2013January 16, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The Bulgarian Parliament’s special committee investigating high-level corruption in recent years intends questioning former prime minister and opposition socialist leader

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