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Weekend forecast: Bulgaria set to avoid more bad weather

March 15, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The cold spell gripping Bulgaria will continue over the weekend, but the weather front ravaging Central Europe is set to

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Europe eases austerity controls in face of high unemployment

March 15, 2013May 27, 2013 VOANews euro zone

European governments have eased austerity controls over national budgets in an effort to combat the continent’s burgeoning unemployment and stagnant

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Bulgaria News 

Sparks fly as Bulgaria’s caretaker PM meets socialist leader Stanishev

March 15, 2013May 27, 2013 Alex Bivol Marin Raykov, Sergei Stanishev

Bulgaria’s caretaker Prime Minister Marin Raykov continued his series of meetings with senior officials and politicians on March 15 2013,

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EU leaders confront new economic concerns

March 15, 2013May 27, 2013 VOANews euro zone

European leaders are gathered in Brussels for another summit, facing new concerns that their austerity policies are adding to the

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Bulgaria News 

Woman dies in Bulgaria’s Gabrovo after being hit by scaffolding in storm

March 15, 2013March 15, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

A 20-year-old woman died in hospital on March 14 2013 after being hit by scaffolding swept by storm winds in

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Bulgarian caretaker PM Raykov holds talks with Patriarch Neofit

March 15, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Marin Raykov

Caretaker Prime Minister Marin Raykov and Bulgarian Orthodox Church Patriarch Neofit sent messages of encouragement and hope amid difficult times

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Bulgaria 57th out of 187 countries in UN human development index report

March 15, 2013March 15, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria is 57th  out of 187 countries measured in the 2013 Human Development Index (HDI) rankings, the annual United Nations

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Scientists confirm Higgs Boson discovery

March 15, 2013May 27, 2013 VOANews final frontier

Scientists at the world’s largest atom collider say the subatomic particle discovered last year is indeed the Higgs boson that

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Russia Watch: Azeri wolves in Iranian sheep’s clothing?

March 15, 2013May 27, 2013 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief Russia

Iran faces political population bomb: a young, growing and urbanized population that wants food – cheap and traditional. Iran’s population

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