After the second terminal of International Airport Sofia was built the total number of passengers rose and reached 3 230 696 in 2008, and in April 2011 Airport Sofia serviced 282 694 passengers, 13 % more than the same period of 2009, when the record was 250 000 passengers.

The Movie has now become the most successful movie musical of all time and has been named the number one box office smash of 2008, and the biggest-selling DVD ever in the UK.

Notably, in the recession of late 2008, a record number of retailers were holding early promotions due to a weak economy.

In 2008, the university estimated the number of its graduates at 35, 000.

The number of societies in the UK fell by four during 2008 due to a series of mergers brought about, to a large extent, by the consequences of the financial crisis of 2007-2010.

On 4 November 2008 Cessna's parent company, Textron, indicated that Citation production would be reduced from the original 2009 target of 535 " due to continued softening in the global economic environment " and that this would result in an undetermined number of lay-offs at Cessna.

The number of disc golf courses has more than doubled in 8 years from 2000 to 2008.

* 2008 – The Governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich, is arrested by federal officials for a number of crimes including attempting to sell the United States Senate seat being vacated by President-elect Barack Obama's election to the Presidency.

It was followed by the studio album, " Backwoods Barbie ," which was released February 26, 2008, and reached number two on the country charts.

In 2008, New York City radio station Q104. 3 FM WAXQ named Don McLean's " American Pie " number 37 in their 2008 Top 1, 043 Songs Of All Time listener-generated countdown.

The world's largest derivatives exchanges ( by number of transactions ) are the Korea Exchange ( which lists KOSPI Index Futures & Options ), Eurex ( which lists a wide range of European products such as interest rate & index products ), and CME Group ( made up of the 2007 merger of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and the Chicago Board of Trade and the 2008 acquisition of the New York Mercantile Exchange ).

In 2008, the number of tourists entering the country had increased to 330, 000.

Over 10 % of Swedish pupils were enrolled in charter schools in 2008 and the number is growing fast, leading the country to be viewed as a pioneer of the model.

In the past the Olympics have allowed a restricted number of over-age players per team ; but that practice ceased in the 2008 Olympics.

For example, according to a 2008 study by Ipsos, the number of British fantasy sports players aged 16 – 64 is estimated to range between 5. 5 and 7. 5 million.

Freenet 0. 7, released on the 8 May 2008, is a major re-write incorporating a number of fundamental changes.

In 2008, there were about 1, 013 franchises with more than 62, 500 outlets, making it one of the largest countries in the world in terms of number of units.

Eurostat estimations as of January 2008 gave the number of 11, 214, 992 inhabitants in the Greek peninsula.

Undersea mooring of human-engineered floating structures include a large number of offshore oil and gas platforms and, since 2008, a few floating wind turbines.

Their number would be reduced from 102 to 68 by 2008.

One of Hungary ’ s top tourist destinations is Lake Balaton, the largest freshwater lake in Central Europe, with a number of 1, 2 million visitors in 2008.

As of 2008, there are between 28, 000 and 30, 000 distinct incunable editions known to be extant, while the number of surviving copies in Germany alone is estimated at around 125, 000.

In November 2008, Polgár played the number 2 board for the Hungarian open (" men's ") team in the 38th Chess Olympiad in Dresden, finishing 3½ / 8.

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* 2008 – Rioting erupted in Mongolia in response to allegations of fraud surrounding the 2008 legislative elections.

The MPRP won a clear majority ( 46 of 76 seats ) in legislative elections on June 29, 2008.

Until 2008, elected officials were allowed to change political party, while retaining their seats, during set windows which occurred twice each electoral term, due to controversial floor crossing legislative amendments made in 2002.

In March 2008 Eastwood and Shriver's non-reappointment to the commission on the expiry of their terms prompted the Natural Resources Defense Council ( NRDC ) to request a legislative investigation into the decision.

The Green Confederation ( Confédération Verte ) in Vanuatu won 2 out of 52 seats in the last legislative elections on 2 September 2008.

However, soon after, on July 16, 2008, a presidentially sponsored bill to increase Argentina's export taxes on the basis of a sliding scale met with a legislative deadlock, and was ultimately defeated by the tie-breaking " against " vote of Vice President Julio Cobos.

There have been many revisions since, and the UK government states that it remains committed to heritage protection legislation reform, even though the draft Heritage Protection Bill 2008, which proposed a single ' register ' that included scheduled monuments and listed buildings, was abandoned to make room in the parliamentary legislative programme for measures to deal with the credit crunch.

The Missouri General Assembly, in the 2008 legislative session, enacted legislation, to take effect in August 2009, which included language similar to Valley Park's unlawful employment ordinance, to be enforced by the Missouri Attorney General.

* Jennifer Beck ( born 1967 ), after serving in local politics, she represents the 12th legislative district in the New Jersey Senate, and served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 2006 – 2008.

* Michael J. Panter ( born 1969 ), who represented the 12th legislative district in the New Jersey General Assembly from 2006 to 2008.

In the 2008 legislative election, the coalition won 86 of 113 seats in the Legislative Yuan, giving it the absolute majority needed to recall the president and pass constitutional amendments for a referendum.

In the 2008 legislative election, Green Party Taiwan formed a red-green coalition with a labour-led organization Raging Citizens Act Now!

Starting with the 2008 legislative elections, drastic changes were made to the Legislative Yuan in accordance with a constitutional amendment passed in 2005.

The next legislative election in 2008 saw the party lose 15 seats with a 8. 35 % decrease in its share of the vote.

The legislative framework for both new bodies is contained in the Housing and Regeneration Act, which gained Royal Assent on 23 July 2008.

Recent examples have been the 2010 United Kingdom general election, the 2006 Israeli legislative election, the 2008 United States Presidential Election and the 2008 United Kingdom local elections.

In the late 2008 the government lost the legislative elections, while PSD and PLD won roughly the same number of seats.

During 2008, the Kuomintang won both the legislative and presidential elections.

However, he reemerged as the victor in the 2008 legislative elections.

* Iranian legislative election, 2008

In 2001's legislative elections, a big push by President Abdoulaye Wade's ruling PDS party, spearheading the Sopi coalition ( joined in 2008 by And-Jëf / Pads ), was led by Ziguinchor politician Abdoulaye Baldé, a former General Secretary to the President.

After legislative election in 2008 in which the ruling MPLA won a landslide victory, the party started working on a new constitution that was introduced early in 2010.