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EVN asks Bulgarian regulator for electricity price formula review

March 19, 2013May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Austrian utility EVN, whose Bulgarian subsidiary provides electricity distribution services to the south and southeast of the country, said on

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Bulgaria Europe News 

Road deaths in Bulgaria down as EU achieves record decrease

March 19, 2013May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Road fatalities across the European Union decreased by nine per cent in 2012, with Bulgaria reporting an eight per cent

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World dignitaries present at Vatican for Pope’s inaugural mass

March 19, 2013March 19, 2013 VOANews

The Vatican is prepared for a huge crowd Tuesday as Pope Francis hosts political leaders from 130 nations and representatives

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UN chief emphasises importance of successful outcome to Serbia-Kosovo dialogue

March 19, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Kosovo, Serbia

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has emphasised the importance of a successful outcome to the dialogue between Serbia and Kosovo,

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Slovak prime minister Robert Fico
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Slovakia’s Fico marks one year since landslide victory

March 19, 2013May 27, 2013 Beata Balogova of The Slovak Spectator Slovakia

One year after Smer took the country in a landslide history, the Prime Minister Robert Fico described the current situation of

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Europe News 

Survey in Slovakia reveals ignorance of Holocaust

March 19, 2013May 27, 2013 Michaela Terenzani-Stankova of The Slovak Spectator Slovakia

The Holocaust and the responsibility of the wartime Slovak state for its participation in the Nazi-controlled extermination of Jews remains

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Europe News 

Cyprus banks to remain closed until March 21

March 19, 2013May 27, 2013 VOANews Cyprus

Cyprus banks will remain closed until Thursday to prevent a run on accounts as the Mediterranean island nation considers imposing

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Bulgaria’s caretaker PM repeats commitment to free elections

March 18, 2013July 23, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Marin Raykov

Bulgaria’s caretaker Prime Minister Marin Raykov re-iterated his Cabinet’s commitment to ensure free elections after meeting with the leader of

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Bulgaria Business News 

Bulgaria’s FIBank makes sole bid for smaller rival – report

March 18, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s First Investment Bank (FIBank) made the only binding bid to buy smaller local lender MKB Unionbank, Bulgarian newspaper Kapital

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