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Bulgaria to open honorary consulate in Stuttgart

March 28, 2013May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s caretaker cabinet on March 28 2013 approved a decision to open an honorary consulate headquartered in Stuttgart with a

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Bulgarian Cabinet allocates 41M leva to ‘social vulnerable groups’

March 28, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s caretaker Cabinet said on March 28 that it would spend about 41 million leva in state aid to “the

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Capital controls in Cyprus necessary now but should be lifted as soon as possible, EC says

March 28, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Cyprus, European Commission

The European Commission sees the capital controls imposed in Cyprus as necessary for now under the circumstances but says that

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Cyprus prepares to reopen banks in aftermath of bailout

March 28, 2013May 27, 2013 VOANews Cyprus

Banks across Cyprus are expected to be filled with long lines of anxious customers when they reopen Thursday after a

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Bulgaria News 

Clocks change in Bulgaria to summer daylight saving time on March 31 2013

March 28, 2013March 28, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Summer daylight saving time starts in Bulgaria on March 31 2013 at 3am, when clocks must be adjusted forward an

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria’s electronic media regulator urges restraint in coverage of self-immolations

March 28, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Media

Against a background of a series of people setting themselves on fire during the past weeks of nationwide protests, Bulgaria’s

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Europe News 

Cyprus economic crisis has political fallout

March 28, 2013May 27, 2013 VOANews Cyprus

The Cyprus economic crisis is likely to increase support for right-wing parties across Europe, and put additional stresses on the

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Croatian police bust euro counterfeiting operation

March 28, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Croatia

With the support of European Union police agency Europol, the Croatian National police dismantled an illegal currency print-shop on March

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ICTY jails two former high-ranking Bosnian Serbs for war crimes

March 28, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, in a judgment on March 27, sentenced two former high-level Bosnian Serb

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