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IMF postpones bailout review mission to Romania

July 16, 2012July 16, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the European Commission (EC) have postponed their joint bailout review mission to Bucharest until

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Russia Watch: Moscow’s Friday the Thirteenth – Just a mid-summer horror movie?

July 16, 2012July 16, 2012 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief

While many Russians were relaxing at the dacha or lolling on beaches overseas, back home in Moscow the air conditioning

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ACTA axing reopens the issue of piracy

July 16, 2012May 22, 2013 Andrew Greene of The Prague Post

The European Parliament’s rejection of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) was not a surprising decision, but leading politicians and business

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Hugh and cry over press freedom in Hungary

July 16, 2012July 16, 2012 The Budapest Times

The Hungarian government has sent an information pack to British actor Hugh Grant, who recently cited Hungary as an example

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Bulgaria’s centre-right UDF elects Karlovo mayor Kabaivanov as new leader

July 16, 2012 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Members of Bulgaria’s centre-right Union of Democratic Forces (UDF) have chosen Karlovo mayor Emil Kabaivanov as the party’s new leader,

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France will continue pressuring Assad to leave Syria

July 16, 2012July 16, 2012 VOANews

French President Francois Hollande says his country must continue to apply pressure for the departure from office of embattled Syrian

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Moderate earth tremor jolts Bulgarian capital Sofia

July 14, 2012July 14, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

A moderate earthquake, which different estimates put at 4.2 and 4.6 magnitude on Richter scale, was registered near Bulgarian capital

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Code Red weather warning over sizzling temperatures in three places in Bulgaria on July 15

July 14, 2012July 14, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

A Code Red hazardous weather warning has been issued for three places in Bulgaria on July 15 2012 – Veliko

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Bulgaria News 

Sacked Bulgarian judges union chief says will appeal, as support pours in

July 13, 2012May 22, 2013 Alex Bivol judiciary

Miroslava Todorova, the chairperson of the judges union in Bulgaria, who was fired by the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) on

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