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Nikola Gruevski, prime minister of former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia, FYROM
Europe News 

The Macedonia muddle

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

Ahead of the May 2012 Nato summit in Chicago, Macedonian prime minister Nikola Gruevski sent from Skopje a plea for

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Plovdiv Metropolitan Nikolai, head of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church in the country's second city
Bulgaria News People 

Metropolitan Nikolai condemns Lady Gaga

June 4, 2012May 22, 2013 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Just days after Lady Gaga was prevented from performing in Indonesia after local Muslim fundamentalists labelled her a devil, she

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News World 

NASA to use rare Venus transit as planet-hunting exercise

June 4, 2012May 22, 2013 Teresa Sullivan of VOANews final frontier

The planet Venus will make a rare transit across the face of the Sun on June 5.  The phenomenon will

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Bulgaria News People 

Controversial businessman charged with making death threats

June 4, 2012June 6, 2012 Alex Bivol

Lovech-based businessman Grisha Ganchev is often mentioned in Bulgarian media as “an emblematic figure of Bulgaria’s transition”. The precise meaning

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The Banya Bashi mosque in central Sofia, Bulgaria
Bulgaria News 

Earthquake after-effects close Sofia mosque, damage Russian church and school

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

Bulgarian capital city Sofia’s historic 16th century Banya Bashi mosque has been closed because of severe damage after the May

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Bulgaria Business News 

Bulgarian Parliament passes public-private partnership law

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

Bulgarian MPs passed at second reading on June 1 the much-awaited Public-Private Partnership Act, which will allow the state and

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Europe News 

Most in EU favour uniform rules on asylum seekers – poll

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

Eight out of 10 Europeans agree that European Union member states should offer protection and asylum to those in need

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Bulgaria Leisure News 

Intriguing new archaeological finds in Bulgaria

June 4, 2012May 22, 2013 Hristina Dimitrova archaeology

With the improving weather, the archaeological season inBulgariais in full swing and several new finds already have been reported, the

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Photo: masochismtango/flickr.com
Bulgaria Business News 

Bulgaria to further cut mobile termination rates

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

Bulgaria’s Communications Regulation Commission (CRC) has received European Commission approval to further cut the ceiling on mobile termination rates, the

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