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Month: June 2012

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Bulgaria Business News 

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry moves to tighten rules on translation agencies

June 8, 2012June 8, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

The Bulgarian Foreign Ministry intends bringing in new rules in July 2013 requiring translation agencies contracted to it to meet

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Bulgaria News Sport 

Bulgarian volleyball gets last shot at London Olympics

June 8, 2012June 8, 2012 Alex Bivol

Football may be Bulgaria’s most popular sport, but for the past decade and a half, the men’s national volleyball team

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Business News World 

Bernanke: Europe poses risks to US economy

June 8, 2012May 27, 2013 VOANews

The head of the U.S. central bank, Ben Bernanke, said Thursday that Europe’s financial woes could spread across the Atlantic

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Business Europe News 

CEE plan fails to quell Greece fears

June 8, 2012May 27, 2013 Emily Thompson of The Prague Post Greece

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who is himself no favorite in Brussels these days, says he has a contingency plan

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UN report warns on European debt crisis threat to world economy, criticises austerity measures

June 8, 2012May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff euro zone

The European debt crisis is currently the biggest threat to the world economy, according to a United Nations World Economic

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Bulgaria News 

Refusing drink-driving checks could cost Bulgarian motorists dearly

June 8, 2012June 8, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Proposals are being put forward in Bulgaria to hugely increase penalties for motorists refusing to have their blood-alcohol levels tested.

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Business Europe News 

New rules on mortgages get nod from European Parliament committee

June 7, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Proposed new rules to ensure that house buyers are properly informed before taking on a mortgage were approved by the

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Bulgaria Business News 

Bulgaria set to abandon civil service pension reform – report

June 7, 2012 Alex Bivol

Despite making the issue a priority ever since the current Cabinet took office, the Finance Ministry now appears unlikely to

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Bulgaria 

Recycling machines will be tested for the first time in Bulgaria

June 7, 2012June 7, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Recycling machines will be tested in Sofia and Dimitrovgrad from September 2012, according to the Association of Recycling Industry (ARI),

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