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US central bank launches new economic stimulus

September 13, 2012 VOANews

The U.S. central bank launched new measures Thursday to try to stimulate the weak U.S. economy, even as it predicted

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Sofia city hall sticks to paid parking areas plan

September 13, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Sofia municipal council voted on September 13 to keep the controversial plans that have raised the ire of residents of

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Bulgaria Business News Perspectives 

Fighting words: Bulgaria talks tough on Russian energy projects

September 13, 2012June 2, 2013 Alex Bivol Belene, Boiko Borissov, energy, Russia, Simeon Dyankov, South Stream

Vladimir Putin raised quite a few eyebrows when his last foreign visit as president of Russia in 2008 was to

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Retrospective exhibition celebrates 60th anniversary of Sofia City Art Gallery

September 13, 2012September 13, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Sofia City Art Gallery is celebrating its 60th anniversary with a large retrospective exhibition called “А рossible history”. Three hundred paintings

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Europe News 

France, Romania sign Roma repatriation deal

September 13, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Romania and France have signed a two-year framework agreement on September 12 for the repatriation of Romanian citizens of Roma

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Bulgarians are EU’s biggest fans but don’t want the euro, poll says

September 13, 2012 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Bulgarians are, relatively speaking, the European Union’’s biggest fans of Israel, Russia and the EU itself, but less so of

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China’s spending spree in the EU

September 13, 2012May 22, 2013 Benjamin Tallis for The Prague Post

While Europeans gobble up cheap goods “Made in China,” publicity surrounding Chinese shopping practices has mainly focused on the fondness

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Europe News 

Bosnia cracks down on organised crime

September 13, 2012September 13, 2012 VOANews

Bosnian authorities say they have launched a major operation against organized crime, conducting raids across the country on groups suspected

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Bulgaria News 

Vitosha mountain ski runs to open this winter, officials say

September 12, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Vitosha Ski, the company that manages the ski lifts on Vitosha Mountain near Sofia, has agreed to rent and maintain

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