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The Sofia Globe: Editorial Charter

June 4, 2012June 15, 2020 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Media

The Sofia Globe is intended for foreign and local readers with an interest in editorial content about, in order of

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EP committees ring death knell for ACTA in Europe

June 4, 2012May 22, 2013 Alex Bivol

Three European Parliament committees voted against the Anti-Counterfeiting Treaty Agreement (ACTA) on May 31, only a day after Dutch parliament

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Bulgaria News 

Sofia Metro system slowly extends further to the east

June 4, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

The Sofia Metro system is gradually expanding, with the recent addition of the line to the Inter Expo Centre on

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Business News 

Belene plant profitable only with subsidies – think-tank

June 4, 2012May 22, 2013 Alex Bivol Belene, energy, nuclear

Bulgaria’s abandoned project to build a nuclear power plant at Belene on the Danube River can be profitable for a

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Nikolai Mladenov Foreign Minister of Bulgaria
Bulgaria News 

Sofia Forum to debate Balkans policies

June 4, 2012June 6, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s capital city is to hold a Sofia Forum event on June 8 and 9 at which senior European Union

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Boiko Boyko Borissov Borisov prime minister of Bulgaria
Bulgaria News Perspectives 

Bulgaria’s political scene: Doing the splits

June 4, 2012May 22, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

The beginning of June 2012 finds Bulgaria about a year away from parliamentary elections, and undeclared campaigning already begun –

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Bulgaria Business News 

Pavlova calls for compulsory insurance of private buildings

June 4, 2012June 6, 2012 Hristina Dimitrova

Lilyana Pavlova, Minister of Regional Development and Public Works, has suggested the introduction of mandatory insurance against natural disasters for

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria’s smoking ban: Hundreds of checks, few fines

June 4, 2012May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff smoking

Bulgarian health officials carried out more than 600 inspections on the first day that Bulgaria’s expanded law against smoking in

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Serbian presidential election poster for Tomislav Nikolic
Europe News Perspectives 

Stormy start for Serbia’s Nikolić

June 4, 2012May 22, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Serbia

The violence in northern Kosovo around a barricade-clearing operation conducted as Serbia’s new president Tomislav Nikolić was sworn in was

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