SBS Bulgarian
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2013 Eurovision Song Contest
There is no Eurovision like Eurovision Song Contest
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Where to after the elections in Bulgaria?
The hopes for a stable government hang in the air
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Eurovision Song Contest gathers speed in Malmö
Bulgarian Duo Elitsa and Stoyan sing "only for champions"
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Historic reforms in Criminal Appeals
"In the 1970s South Australia was a leader in consumer and environment protection and reform on the laws of homosexual offenses"
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Bulgaria Days before the Elections
Whoever wins would not be able to govern on their own
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Interview with Filmmaker and Journalist Tzvetana...
"When you are in a particular military situation just imagine the Bulgarian national heroes, Botev and Levski"
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National Disability Insurance Scheme
"Governments get elected and governments change legislation - that's what happens."
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Inter-Ethnic and Gay Marriage
People who have an overseas ancestry but were born in Australia are more likely to intermarry
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Bulgarian "Watergate" corrupts election 2013
Anything goes on the race to Elections 2013
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Interview with the Bulgarian Ambassador to Canberra His...
Bulgarians can vote in the Bulgarian Embassy in Canberra
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Interview with Ivan Kostov
For many years Kostov was the face of the democratic movement in Bulgaria
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Elections Strategies
Two weeks before the elections five parties are likely to get seats in the new Parliament.
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Population Growth
80 thousand people leave Australia every year and if the migration intake is 80 thousand - a net migration of zero could be achieved.
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Phone Tapping Scandal in Bulgaria
The situation raises serious concerns of fundamental rights of Bulgarian citizens.
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Manned Flight Reaches the ISS in Just Under 6 Hours
Bulgaria is one of the three countries in the world specialised in preparing space food.
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Bulgaria a Month Before the Elections
Central Election Commission won't disclose the code to the vote-counting software.
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Census Review
Australia has been a high immigration nation for 60 years, or even for the last 200 years.
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2013 Spells the End of Analogue TV
"The conversion to digital is the biggest move in television since the introduction of colour television."
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Polls and Elections
The entire Bulgarian nation has the tendency to talk and act before listening and thinking.
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The Early Elections Campaign in Bulgaria is in full swing
In the 2009 elections, there were 20 parties and coalitions - now they are 71.
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24-Hour Childcare
There are a number of areas that governments both federal and state need to to look at to support the needs of working families.
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A delegation of the Agency for Bulgarians Abroad in...
What really does the Agency for the Bulgarians abroad?
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An Interview with the Bulgarian Minister for Arts...
From "Under Cover" to a lizard and to Arts Minister.
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President Plevneliev in an Interview for Reuters
Bulgarian President worries that the crisis could continue after the election.
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Bulgaria with a new caretaker government
Raykov was the man who 14 years ago told the Russian ambassador that Bulgaria would not allow air passage of the Russian Special Forces.
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Super Drugs
The hope is these drugs will be able to mimic calorie restriction to prevent diseases of ageing.
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Polls and Politics
The media cycle needs more and more content and consequently more and more drama is injected
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Climate Change
Last decade there were twice as many high record temperatures set than 50 years ago.
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Housing Costs
The times when anything put on the market was sold are long gone.
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Where will Bulgaria go with a new Patriarch and...
If Bulgaria is now experiencing interesting times, soon they will become even more interesting.
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Early Elections in Bulgaria on May 12
"Bulgaria had gone through many rough patches in its history."
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Drone Warfare
Drones appear to have a significantly lower collateral damage rate than conventional airstrikes.
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Children's Commissioner
The role is also something that can also position Australia in its international context.
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Weight Race
The nutritional environment infants are exposed to in utero has a profound effect on how much fat they deposit in adult life.
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Bulgarian Government Resigned
"If the people want the government to resign, then the state needs a new vote of confidence."
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High Electricity Bills Spark Widespread Protests in...
The emotional impetus of the protesters could drive them into the hands of political opportunists.
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“Rise Up Australia” A New Political Party
Political nonsense with damaging social impact.
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Horse Meat Scandal
Who and why sells horse meat for beef for human consumption in Europe?
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Hezbollah accused of involvement in bombings in...
Three of the terrorists are of Arab origin with dual citizenship - Lebanese, Canadian and Australian.
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Sentencing Reform in Victoria
Juries would not have the expertise to engage in what sentence an offender should receive.
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Chaika Band
Australian band in love with Bulgarian music
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UK Parliament Votes in Favour of Gay Marriage
Is political leadership in Australia out of touch?
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Who won the referendum on nuclear energy in Bulgaria?
The issue of nuclear development was considered and rejected by the Bulgarian National Assembly.
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Australian of the Year
"Australians should look beyond just sports stars for their heroes."
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The Digital Economy
All Australians must have access to high-speed broadband by 2025
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Australia’s New Security Strategy
"It will be an era in which the behaviour of states, not non-state actors, will be the shaper of Australia's national security thinking."
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Referendum on the political assassination of Bulgaria’s...
A faked political assassination attempt reflects on the shadowy face of an unscrupulously manipulated referendum.
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Uni Schools
The more education you get, the better for your life.
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Interview with Hrista Stoyneva
Three Times Balkan Champion at 17.
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VMZ Sopot in Crisis
Bankruptcy or privatisation?
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Gun Control
Australia recorded 1 homicides with firearms per 1,000,000 people
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Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child...
"Child sexual abuse is a hideous, shocking and vile crime.
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How the Bulgarian anarchist Jack Grancharov fell in...
The Bulgarian anarchist Jack Grancharov immigrated to Australia after fleeing Stalinist repressions in his native Bulgaria. In Australia he became one of the well known anarchist under the name Jack the Anarchist. Listen to the second part of th...
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How the Bulgarian anarchist Jack Grancharov fell in...
The fate led in 1950 Zhelyazko (Jack) Grancharov, a Bulgarian anarchist halfway around the world to Australia and made it one of its most famous anarchists marked with the name Jack the Anarchist.. Grancharov was years under surveillance by the Au...
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What will the main events in Bulgaria be in 2013? Part 2
Disintegration of the UDF and the Bulgarian energy dependence on Russia.
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What will the main events in Bulgaria be in 2013? Part 1
"I expect the civil society in Bulgaria to move forward and not go backwards, as it has done in recent years."
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The discovery of the science world for 2012
The science discovered many things in 2012. In an interview Maria Staykova tells about all the discoveries.
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How will 2012 be remembered in Bulgaria? Part 2
Nabucco or South Stream, the death of Patriarch Maxim and unemployment portrayed the face of Bulgaria in 2012.
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How will 2012 be remembered in Bulgaria? Part 1
2012, the year the world was supposed to end, was a peaceful year, politically uneventful, but economically stagnated for Bulgaria.
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Interview with His Excellency Mr. Krasimir Stefanov...
"I worked for the concord of the Bulgarian community in Australia with our homeland Bulgaria."
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Space, the Universe and the Humankind in 2012
Mars, Venus, the Moon and the God Particle played the leading roles on Earth in 2012.
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What gifts will Santa Claus bring in Bulgaria?
The Christmas spirit is in the air, but it hasn't entered into Bulgarian soul as yet.
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Killer Sharks Invade Western Australia’s Beaches
Chances for more shark attacks increase exponentially.
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Barack Obama Meets Boiko Borisov in the Oval Office
Obama: If I was in Bulgaria, I would vote for Boyko Borisov.
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A Royal Baby on the Way!
Everyone is celebrating with the royal couple.
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Will the Government Increase the Allowance for...
The unemployment payment is unfair and demeaning for people and is a real barrier to paid work.
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SBS Radio unveils a new schedule
"It's as a result of additional funding from the federal government that we're able to retain all our languages."
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Cigarettes Plain Packaging
Penalty of up to $1.1 million for a body corporate or $220,000 for an individual.
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The Political Landscape of the Australian States and...
The cuts in the public sector put significant burden on social services.
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The collapse of the Union of Democratic Forces
UDF becomes the feeding ground for the political hyenas
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Parliamentary Apology to Victims of sexual abuse within...
There will be an office for people who suffered sexual abuse in the military.
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Controversial Bulgarian Magistrate Boycotted by...
"There have been doubts about the moral qualities of one of the chosen constitutional judges."
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Interview with the Rising Tennis Star Decho Valev
Not many 18 year olds know what they want and how to get it!
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New Anti-Discrimination Laws
"The new laws are welcome move and a good step forward."
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Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia on the Rise
"There will be three million Australians developing dementia by 2050."
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The New Coptic Pope Was Crowned
"Pope Tawadros II is the Shepherd of Shepherds and the Archbishop in the Coptic Orthodox Church."
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Child Abuse Scandal
Any instance of child abuse is a vile and evil thing. Too many children have suffered child abuse but have also seen other adults let them down.
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South Stream Contract Was Finally Signed
The European Commission will have a "constructive attitude" towards Russia-sponsored South Stream gas pipeline project.
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The New United Nations Human Rights Council Was Elected
Non-government organisations drew attention to what they say are the questionable human rights records of some of the countries standing.
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Tele Working
One can look after a team that is dispersed around Australia and keep in contact with them just like they were sitting in the office with them.
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The Aftermath of Superstorm Sandy
There are lots of people with nothing left in their houses!
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Australian Online E-visa Applications
E-visa in language is the Holy Grail!
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Patriarch Maxim of Bulgaria dies age 98
Patriarch Maxim not only had a long life, but was the head of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church for a very long time.
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Enlightenment Leaders Day
On 1 November, Bulgaria marks one of its biggest holidays, namely Enlightenment Leaders Day. For many centuries, the Bulgarian Enlightenment figures shaped and upheld the national spirit and values of Bulgarians. Do we need...
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The most beautiful music in the world and The Mystery of...
An interview with the conductor of the Grammy award winning Bulgarian womans choir Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares (The Mystery of the Bulgarian voices) Prof. Dr. Dora Hristova. The conductor explained the specific features, style and vocals as a...
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Growing a moustache for Movember?
Every November thousands of men in Australia and worldwide branches mustache. This is the month of Movember, which aims to raise awareness for men's health and in particular the biggest 'killers' of men as Todor Petkanchin, a longtime participant ...
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Bulgarian parties political configurations
What are key positions that the major political parties in Bulgaria will try to occupy during the next parliamentary elections. Listen to Plamen Asenov's comments.
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Measures, problems and disadventages of the new...
Five months after the introduction of the smoking ban in public places in Bulgaria, the country is still shaken by numerous discussions. More about the controversy subject listen to Plamen Asenov comment.
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Gypsy study unravels a novel ataxia gene
A WA study of an isolated population of Eastern European Gypsies known as "Bowlmakers" has unlocked clues about a serious developmental disease - congenital cerebellar ataxia. Professor Luba Kalaydjieva and Dr Dimitar Azmanov, from The Univers...
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How old is too old to become a migrant
Is Australia's migration program in conflict with anti age discrimination legislation?
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Youth suicide prevention
The federal government has launched a new suicide support service for secondary schools.
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Cloud computing: A new era of IT opportunity and...
The potential of cloud computing is really immense. It can offer ready access to entirely new business capabilities, less expensive IT resources, and unrivaled flexibility for businesses of every size. Listen the interview with the cloud computing...
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Pitfalls of the referendum on Belene Nuclear Power Plant
Bulgarian Parliament formulated precise the questions about the referendum on Belene NPP. The referendum is whether to build a second NPP in Bulgaria in Danube town of Belene.
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Increase the number of Australians diagnosed with HIV
The latest national H-I-V figures show a substantial rise in the number of Australians diagnosed with the disease. The figures show new H-I-V diagnoses rose eight per cent last year. Researchers say the main r...
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GERB’s Popularity Slumps
The ruling party in Bulgaria can still rule.
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A Note Printing Scandal With The Reserve Bank
The Reserve Bank put someone else's interests ahead of its own.
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Mental Health in Australia and Bulgaria
Women who experienced any forms of violence demonstrated higher likelihood of experiencing depression.
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The Amplified Elephants
The real advantage of sound art is that you can redefine the rules and operate in an abstract world.
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Freedom of Speech and Freedom of Expression
The reality is that we do have freedom of speech, but there are conditions on that freedom of speech.
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Referendum on NPP Belene
Whatever Bulgarian citizens decide on the referendum, the government by law has the right to comply or not with their vote.
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Immigrants reluctant to become Australian citizens
The last thing on their mind is the ability to sit down and take a test and whether they are prepared for it.
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Who will ask more from budget 2013?
About budget 2013 - comments Plamen Assenov
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What is the true about the cancer?
There is many myths about cancer and how to cure cancer. Listen the interview with Petar Valchev PHD cancer research at University of Sydney.
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What it means to be a literate person in the 21st...
How important is to be literate?
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The grass is not greener on the other side of the fence...
The author of the book ???�tya Issa has used an interesting approach. She has addressed 15 prominent supporters of Bulgarian language and culture with 15 questions. Some of the responses in this survey are extensive, others - terse. The short resp...
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How the situation around Russian claims over 'Belene' is...
The escalation of political tensions over Russian energy claims to Bulgaria - political analyst Plamen Asenov comments.
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Person responsible for our elderly people
The old age problems and who is responsible for solving them - interview with Dr. Bilyana Konstantinova, a specialist in internal medicine and gerontology
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What is common between the conductor and IT specialist
What is common between the conductor and computer scientist - interview with Stoyan Assenov, IT professional specialist and conductor of the German choir in Blacktown 'St Hedwig'.
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Bulgarian short films producer include renewable energy...
How a Bulgarian short films producer include renewable energy sources in his creative projects - interview with Atanas Djonov
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International Day of Democracy
Democracy is a universal value based on the freely expressed will of people to determine their own political, economic, social and cultural systems and their full participation in all aspects of their lives. What the Bulgarians living in Sydney th...
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Bulgaria and Israel divided over Burgas attack blame
Bulgaria and Israel divided over Burgas bombing attack blame Israeli and Bulgarian differences over apportioning blame for the July terrorist attack in Burgas. The meeting was between Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Bulgarian Prime Minist...
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Measurments about the "war on drugs" in Australia
A group investigating the effectiveness of Australia's drug laws has found that the so-called "war on drugs" has been a colossal failure. The Australia 21 report, "Alternatives to Prohibition", compares the drugs law policies of f...
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Bulgarian students received the Minister's Awards for...
The students from the Bulgarian community language school in Sydney Victoria Bliss and Mia Bojidarova received two of the Minister's Awards for Excellence in Student Achievement
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Will the Bulgarian politicians retrain as housekeepers?
Will the Bulgarian politicians become housekeepers or how thinning influence of political parties portend new configurations of Bulgarian political horizon.
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Youth crisis and how to deal with it
"Youth crisis" is the process of hormonal changes in the body, accompanied by gradual physical and mental changes. This is one of the most dynamic periods in human life. Adolescence is defined as the transition from childhood to early adulthood, a...
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Plamen Asenov
Over the years the Socialist Party in Bulgaria is called different and compared to anything. Between the comparisons are flourishing party 'relations with communist pig', with 'cancer'. Now, lately after the entry of Bulgaria into the European Uni...
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The heritage from first Bulgarian settlers in Adelaide
Rumiana Toneva, board member of the Women's Club of the Bulgarian Еducational and Friendly Society in Adelaide and Chairman of the Bulgarian ethnic radio grоup talks about preserving the heritage of the first Bulgarian settlers in Australia for...
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Our Children, Their Toys and Media Advertising
The choice of toys and why children are so influenced by the media
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All About Your Skin
How to maintain beautiful and healthy skin
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Bulgarian PM Caught Using Government Airbus for Fun
A playing cards bet, two football teams and the government's official Airbus unveil the true face of the Bulgarian politicians
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Digital Radio Comes to Your Car as Well
The car is the next frontier for digital radio
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Bulgaria Fails to Win Gold at the Olympics
The worst Olympic Games performance for Bulgaria in 60 years
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Half of the medicines are used unreasonably
The use of many medications increases the risk of impotence in men while in women may lead to unwanted pregnancy
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Power Prices Electroshocked
Australia needed a carbon price. Australia did not need price increases of 50% for households.
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Pre-elections Issues in Bulgaria
Referendum or no referendum, that is the issue
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Power Prices Electroshocked
Australia needed a carbon price. Australia did not need price increases of 50% for households.
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Australia Through the Eyes of a Bulgarian
Izabella Shopova went "To the West of Eden"
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60,000 People Listed as Overstayers in Australia
Visa overstayers are a tiny proportion of people who enter the country and globally 1% of the world's asylum seekers come to Australia
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Bulgaria - Prices and Wages
Prices in Bulgaria rose much more than the wages of ordinary people
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Interview with Dr Maria Staikova
The Human body is a host to a great variety of Bacteria and fungi that play helpful roles in normal bodily functions
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Sponsoring the Olympic Games in London
It Is about exclusivity for a very small amount of people to make a lot of money
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Burgas Terror Attack
The perpetrator of the terrorist attack was not a suicide bomber
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Alternative Medicine or Pseudo-Science?
Science is more than just evidence
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Dyslexia
Every person with dyslexia has a well-developed sense of justice
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Interview with Dr Bilyana Konstantionova
Winter - the time of Influenza
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Intelligence organizations ask for expanded powers
Our civil liberties are just as important as our security. What good is security if you have no freedoms?
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Interview with dentist Dr Svetlana Nikova
Healthy Teeth - Healthy Body
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Australian of the Year 2013
These awards are part of our national fabric for more than half a century
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FIFA Lifts Ban on Headscarves
Most people look at this and think why shouldn't people play in a headscarf
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Interview with Champion Bagpiper Kostadin Ilchev
333 Bulgarian Bagpipers Break Guinness World Record
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6000 Years Old Burial Site Inspires Indigenous People...
The tent embassies, here on this land, belong to nobody, they belong to the community
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The God particle was discovered?
After 50 years a brilliant hypothesis may come true.
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Interview with Journalist Alexenia Dimitrova
Investigative journalist helps relatives, living in different corners of the world, reunite
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Julia Gillard's Second Anniversary as Prime-Minister
Hardly any Prime Minister would dream of coming to power in the way that Julia Gillard did
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“Cooking Pot” Programme
Cooking is a great leveller and a wonderful way for social interaction
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Victoria Shaken by a 5.4 Earthquake
It felt like a giant train went through the lounge room
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SBS Census 2011 Explorer
Australian population can get better access to through this really visual and really easy to use tool
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G-20 Summit in Mexico
We have to break the negative feedback loop between the distressed banks and governments with significant debt burdens
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Dingo Killed Baby Azaria
No longer Australia will say dingoes are not dangerous and only attack if provoked
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Interview with Dr Maria Staykova
Australia, Bulgaria: Comfortable Together
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Bulgaria Freezes Assets of Media Moguls
Two media moguls are charged with money laundering and document fraud
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SBS Radio Schedule Review
SBS will continue broadcasting in all languages and will add additional language programmes
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Australia and NATO Strengthen Their Relations
A statement underpinning our shared values and interests in a stable international order and peaceful resolutions of disputes
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Full Smoking Ban in Bulgaria
50% of Bulgarians are in favour of a full smoking ban
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Space Dragon
The first private company to successfully launch own spacecraft to ISS
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Terrorist List
Any individual found guilty of being a member of a listed terrorist organisation can be jailed for up to 10-years
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People Smugglers Visas
People smugglers may be operating from within Australia
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Bulgarians in Melbourne Celebrated 24 May - Day of...
Bulgarian Language is very beautiful
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Earthquake of 5.8 magnitude on the Richter scale shook...
The political earthquakes in Bulgaria were followed by a sesmic one
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Children with Same-Sex Attracted Parents
The biggest study of its kind in Australia
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Assange is Facing Extradition to Sweden
Diplomacy is war by other means and deception is one of the principles of war
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Sofi Marinova Failed to Make It to Eurovision Final in...
Bulgarian pop folk diva sang really well but her stage performance failed to impress
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Population Study
Can the planet Earth sustain 9 billion people?
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The Thomson Saga
Is it going to ever end?
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May 24 - Day of Bulgarian Alphabet and Culture
Bulgarian Alphabet is something that we all are proud to have.
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Left-Right-Elections
Бившия президент Първанов загуби! Кой спечели?
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Population Study
Can the planet Earth sustain 9 billion people?
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The Thomson Saga
Is it going to ever end?
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Eurovision: Interview with Sofi Marinova
Bulgaria sends out a multilingual love message
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8th World Meeting of Bulgarian Media
The Media: Between the Global and the Regional
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A Duel for the Leadership of the Bulgarian Socialist...
Parvanov fights for BSP leadership completely alone and isolated
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Ted Baillieu Recommits to Multiculturalism
The Victorian Premier has re-stated his government's commitment to multiculturalism, and praised the role of SBS
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ACTU Congress
To work together for new reforms on transparency and new stiffer penalties
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Male Circumcision
In Australia just under half of the boys are circumcised
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Budget Reactions
Lack of vision or care for the ordinary people?
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Labour’s Fifth Budget
Gillard government has aimed its sights on low and middle income earners, the vulnerable, the aged and the disabled
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The Budget and Australian Humanitarian Aid
Increasing Australia's international aid commitment is in the national interest
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Eating Disorders and the Children
Rising incidence in eating disorders in the children of migrants
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Another No-confidence Vote Failed
According to HSBC the construction of Russian NPP in Belene will cost far more than 10 billion euros
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The Visit of Russian Patriarch Kirill in Bulgaria
Patriarch Kirill's mission in Bulgaria was more suitable for the Russian foreign minister
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Making Traditional Bulgarian Easter Bread (Kozunak)
Unorthodox celebration of the Orthodox Easter
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Review of the Clean Energy Finance Corporation
In the future competitive economies will be those that are powered by clean energy
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State Courts Blocked by People Smugglers Cases
The existence of mandatory sentences in people smugglers cases cost a lot of taxpayer dollars
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Bulgarian Government Spends Money from the Silver Fund
The government needs fresh cash, but theres nowhere to take it from
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Bulgarian Government Said “NO” to NPP Belene
The global issue for Bulgaria is its independence from Russia
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Bulgarian Open 2012
The sixth edition of the tennis tournament Bulgarian Open 2012 took place in Melbourne
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SBS Radio Language Programmes Review
SBS Radio is changing to reflect the new migrant demographic in Australia
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Bulgaria, EU, the Balkans, NATO and Russia
Bulgaria's dependence, preferences, weaknesses and more…
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Inheritance Laws
Government will eventually have to pay for the ageing population of any religion
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World Water Day
Safe drinking water is a dream for millions of people around the world
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Formula 1 in Melbourne Next Year Again?
Formula 1 in Melbourne is 30 times more expensive than 16 years ago
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Interview with Valery Roussanov
We encourage tolerance and a deep understanding of the cultural diversity in Bulgaria
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An EU Scandal! Bulgarian Opposition Leader Implicated ?
Is there a Bulgarian connection in a European scandal?
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Overseas Processing of Asylum Seekers?
Parliament should man up and deal with this issue
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Australian States Reward Overseas Students
Students feel like the world has come around for them
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Interview with Nikolai Grozev
The Future is Cloud Computing
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