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Romania threatens to make Hungarian House Speaker persona non grata

June 13, 2012May 27, 2013 Benedicte Williams of The Budapest Times Hungary, Romania

Parliament Speaker László Kövér left for Romania on Tuesday to campaign for an ethnic Hungarian party despite already soured relations

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Bulgaria News 

Heat wave weather warning for Bulgaria

June 13, 2012June 13, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

A “code yellow” hazardous weather warning has been issued for 19 districts in southwestern, eastern and central Bulgaria, the meteorological

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian traffic police get more mobile cameras

June 13, 2012June 13, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

As the 2012 summer holiday season gets underway,Bulgaria’s traffic police are using 42 new mobile cameras to catch reckless motorists

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Bulgarian economy to grow 0.6% in 2012 – World Bank

June 13, 2012May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators, World Bank

Economic growth in Bulgaria will be 0.6 per cent this year, down from 1.7 per cent in 2011, the World

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Bulgarian PM Boyko Borissov and SA ambassador Sheila Camerer at ALC plant official opening
Bulgaria Business News 

SA investment in Bulgaria: PM welcomes ‘real job creation’

June 13, 2012June 13, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria welcomes all foreign investors who invest in real production and create jobs, Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said at the

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Economic volatility here to stay, World Bank report says

June 13, 2012May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff World Bank

A positive start to 2012 has been reversed by a resurgence of tensions in the euro area, which have eroded

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Britain warns Syria follows path of Balkans

June 13, 2012June 13, 2012 Henry Ridgwell of VOANews 0 Comments

Britain has warned that Syria risks becoming “the next Bosnia.” British Foreign Secretary William Hague said the Syrian government’s use

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Bulgaria News 

Confusion lingers over definitions in Bulgaria’s smoking ban

June 12, 2012May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff 0 Comments smoking

While Bulgaria’s health inspectors continued carrying out thousands of checks to assess compliance with the ban on smoking in enclosed

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Bulgaria Business Europe News 

Greek SMEs heading to Bulgaria ‘in droves’ – report

June 12, 2012May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff 0 Comments Greece

Thousands of Greek small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are looking for the road to financial recovery in Bulgaria, and about

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