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Day: September 5, 2012

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Bulgaria climbs in World Economic Forum’s 2012 global competitiveness report

September 5, 2012September 5, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria has climbed to 62nd place in the World Economic Forum’s annual Global Competiveness Report, up from 74th place, beating

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Bulgaria Business News 

Free access to Bulgaria’s Commercial Register aids theft of companies, report says

September 5, 2012September 5, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Free access to personal data in Bulgaria’s Commercial Register is helping fraudsters to steal companies by changing their ownership, according

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Business Europe News 

Euro zone shoppers spend less on food, drink and tobacco, bringing down July retail sales figures

September 5, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Consumers in the 17-member euro zone cut back on spending on food, drink and tobacco in July 2012, leading EU

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Bulgaria News 

Warning on intense traffic as Bulgaria takes off four-day Unification Day long weekend

September 5, 2012September 5, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Motorists planning to travel long distances in Bulgaria for the four-day Unification Day long weekend from September 6 to 9

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Bulgaria Business News 

Bulgaria’s Cabinet to amend Investment Promotion Act

September 5, 2012September 5, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Cabinet was expected to approve, at a meeting on September 5 2012, changes to the Investment Promotion Act aimed

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Bulgaria News 

Sofia’s landmark Tsar Liberator statue removed for repairs

September 5, 2012September 5, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Five-ton Tsar Liberator Alexander II and his horse are on the move from their customary spot in central Sofia outside

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Europe News 

Slovakia will have the highest tax on cigarettes in CEE region

September 5, 2012September 5, 2012 Jana Liptakova of the Slovak Spectator

Increasing excise taxes on cigarettes higher and earlier than originally planned is one of several measures by the Robert Fico

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Business Europe News 

France’s Hollande and Italy’s Monti call for economic growth to stabilise euro zone

September 5, 2012May 22, 2013 VOANews

French President Francois Hollande and Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti have called for urgent efforts to restore economic growth and

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Business News World 

Global youth unemployment worsening, ILO says

September 5, 2012September 5, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Unemployment rates among young people will get even worse globally as the spillover of the euro crisis spreads from advanced

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