Bulgaria’s finance, health ministers clash on differentiated VAT
Bulgaria’s Finance Minister Simeon Dyankov and Health Minister Dessislava Atanassova remain on opposite ends of the debate concerning the introduction
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Month: August 2012
Film review: Cosmopolis
Though billing itself as an apocalyptic vision of the future resulting from capitalist greed, David Cronenberg’s Cosmopolis is a vanity
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Australian high court upholds plain cigarette packaging
Australia’s highest court has ruled that new laws requiring cigarettes to be sold in plain packaging without company logos do
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Businesses complain of power cuts in Sofia as utility renovates network
Businesses and residents in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia are complaining about what they say are lengthy and unpredictable power cuts
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Archaeology: Excavation of two tombs to begin at Bulgaria’s Perperikon
Excavation of two previously unopened tombs at Bulgaria’s ancient sacred site of Perperikon was to begin on August 15 2012,
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Bomb wounds three near UN hotel in Syrian capital
Syrian state television says a bomb has exploded near a hotel used by United Nations observers in Damascus, wounding three
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Bulgaria’s economy grows by 0.2% in Q2
Bulgaria’s economy grew by 0.2 per cent in the second quarter of the year, a flash estimate by the European
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Bulgaria’s Nova Broadcasting appoints Didier Stoessel as CEO
Bulgaria’s Nova Broadcasting Group said on August 14 that it appointed Didier Stoessel as chief executive officer effective immediately. He
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Russia Watch: Russia wins gold for yachts, palaces and penthouses
With London’s Summer Olympics over, the spotlight and the torch now shift to Russia, host of the Sochi 2014 Winter
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