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The Globe 2013: Bulgaria makes its choices

December 27, 2012December 21, 2012 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

There are to be two defining political events in Bulgaria that may be predicted in the coming year – the

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria’s nuclear referendum: Official campaigning opens, with a month to go

December 27, 2012December 21, 2012 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

December 27 2012 sees the opening of the official campaigning period ahead of Bulgaria’s national referendum, a process that will

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Russia Watch: A Kremlin Christmas Carol – Russia’s Scrooge against the orphans?

December 27, 2012 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief

A light snow covers Moscow, subzero temperatures provide bright sunshine and Jingle Bells wafts through malls filled with happy shoppers.

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Bulgaria News 

Yule hear from us later

December 21, 2012December 21, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

The Sofia Globe is taking a Festive Season break from December 22 until the morning of December 27 2012. Our

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Third of arrests at Bulgarian border in 2012 were of Syrians

December 21, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Just more than a third of the people arrested at the Bulgarian border from the beginning of January 1 2012

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria’s winter weather crisis: Situation eases in time for holiday exodus

December 21, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Major national roads in Bulgaria reopened by the early afternoon of December 21 2012, after closures caused by large snowdrifts

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Euro zone crisis and US fiscal cliff risk dominate sovereign outlook, Fitch Ratings says

December 21, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Weaknesses in the major advanced economies – dominated by the continuing euro zone crisis and the looming threat of the

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IMF releases preliminary conclusions after assessment of EU financial sector

December 21, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Union is facing great challenges, with continuing banking and sovereign debt crises in some parts of the Union,

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Judge Sotir Tsatsarov elected Bulgaria’s prosecutor-general

December 20, 2012May 22, 2013 Alex Bivol judiciary

Bulgaria’s Supreme Judicial Council elected the head of Plovdiv Regional Court Sotir Tsatsarov as the next prosecutor-general on December 20,

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