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Brits in Bulgaria discuss positives, challenges of doing business

November 16, 2012November 16, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Generally positive views of the future of the business environment in Bulgaria – along with some concerns about bureaucracy and

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Three die in fire in Old Town of Bulgaria’s Sozopol

November 16, 2012November 16, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Three people, a woman and her two elderly parents, died in a fire that destroyed an old wooden house in

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Curiosity rover helps scientists plan for human missions to Mars

November 16, 2012November 16, 2012 Suzanne Presto of VOANews

NASA’s Curiosity rover is three months into its two-year mission on Mars as it investigates whether conditions there ever could

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Poland and Germany to seek compromise on new EU budget

November 16, 2012May 22, 2013 The Warsaw Voice

Poland and German differ in their views on the EU budget for 2014-2020 but agree that the bloc needs a

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Turkey recognises Syrian opposition

November 16, 2012 VOANews

The newly formed coalition of Syrian opposition groups is getting another boost, this time from Turkey. Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet

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Bulgaria urges cessation of Gaza – Israel hostilities

November 16, 2012 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Expressing concern about the situation in southern Israel and the Gaza Strip in recent days, Bulgaria has called for an

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Ukraine’s Tymoshenko ends hunger strike

November 16, 2012November 16, 2012 VOANews

Jailed Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko is ending the hunger strike she began in protest of alleged fraud in the

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Bulgaria signs South Stream, gas delivery contracts with Gazprom

November 15, 2012June 2, 2013 Alex Bivol energy, South Stream

Bulgaria secured lower delivery prices for Russian gas and gave a final approval for the South Stream gas pipeline on

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Bulgaria Business News 

Bulgarian Parliament approves deposit interest, gambling taxes

November 15, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Parliament approved at second reading on November 15 amendments to the country’s Value-Added Tax Act implementing a 10 per

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