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More than 1000 people turned out on September 26 2012 in support of a protest by Bulgarian manufacturers of plastic bags against the introduction of a 35 stotinki eco-tax on […]
Flight disruptions, fuel station closures and reduced health service at hospitals were numbered among the consequences of the general strike called for September 26 2012 by Greece’s two largest unions […]
Fish, September 21 Former progressive rock band Marillion singer Fish and the British progressive/alternative band Anathema played with the Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Levon Manukian, at the Roman Amphitheatre […]
Poland will take into consideration introducing the common currency when the euro zone resolves its problems, central bank NBP head Marek Belka said on Monday during the opening of an […]
Making the Kremlin Queasy: Massive American Aid Has Helped Russians Three Times in the Last Century As American officials struggle to meet an Oct. 1 deadline for closing the 20-year-old […]
Researchers have found evidence that a young girl’s diet could affect her risk of developing breast cancer later in life. The evidence linking a woman’s breast cancer risk to her […]
Bulgaria’s state-owned gas company Bulgargaz moved on September 25 to quash fears that the country could face a gas shortage next year, caused by a statement made earlier in the […]
Bulgaria deplores the atmosphere of intimidation and pressure that accompanied the parliamentary elections held in Belarus on September 23 2012, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Vessela Tcherneva said “We cannot fail to […]
Bulgaria’s economic outlook improved in the third quarter of 2012 despite the stumbling global economy, Italian banking group UniCredit said in a research note, maintaining its gross domestic product (GDP) […]
Bulgaria’s Commission on Protection of Competition (CPC) said on September 25 that its analysts and police raided the office of the Union of Bulgarian Millers as part of an investigation […]
