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Bulgarian Cabinet approves 30M leva for kindergartens

January 23, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Cabinet approved on January 23 allocating 30 million leva to seven municipalities for major repairs and the construction of

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Europe News 

British PM vows referendum on EU

January 23, 2013May 22, 2013 VOANews

British Prime Minister David Cameron has announced that if his party wins the next election, he plans to renegotiate the

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Bulgaria News 

18 000 foreigners granted Bulgarian citizenship in 2012

January 23, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria granted citizenship to 18 081 foreigners last year, Vice President Margarita Popova said on January 23. Citizenship applications, alongside

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Bulgarian housing prices down 2.7% in 2012

January 23, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Housing prices in Bulgaria declined for a fourth consecutive year in 2012, but it was the smallest annual decline over

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Montenegro on track for EU membership, European Parliament committee says

January 23, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Montenegro has made solid progress towards European Union membership and buttresses regional stability. Yet it must do more to protect

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Israeli exit polls show surprisingly narrow Netanyahu victory

January 23, 2013January 23, 2013 VOANews

Exit polls in Israel show Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party winning a narrow victory in Tuesday’s parliamentary elections, after

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Israel election: Exit polls show reverse for Netanyahu’s Likud, but with strong chance of victory in forming next governing coalition

January 22, 2013January 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud-Yisrael Beteinu has shed support, according to exit polls after the January 22 2013

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Europe News 

Prosecutors try to pin 1996 murder of lawmaker on Tymoshenko

January 22, 2013 Katya Gorchinskaya of The Kyiv Post

Amid rising speculation that she is in ill health and is not being allowed to properly consult with her lawyers,

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria’s Council for Electronic Media criticises broadcast coverage of Dogan incident

January 22, 2013January 23, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Council for Electronic Media, the statutory body charged with overseeing the country’s electronic media, has criticised the broadcast media’s

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