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Month: September 2012

Bulgaria Business News 

Bulgaria’s Bulgargaz moves to quash fears of gas shortages in 2013

September 25, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s state-owned gas company Bulgargaz moved on September 25 to quash fears that the country could face a gas shortage

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Bulgaria joins in concern about Belarus elections

September 25, 2012September 25, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria deplores the atmosphere of intimidation and pressure that accompanied the parliamentary elections held in Belarus on September 23 2012,

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Bulgaria Business News 

UniCredit: Bulgarian economy improving, growth remains weak

September 25, 2012September 25, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s economic outlook improved in the third quarter of 2012 despite the stumbling global economy, Italian banking group UniCredit said

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Bulgarian competition watchdog raids millers union

September 25, 2012September 25, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Commission on Protection of Competition (CPC) said on September 25 that its analysts and police raided the office of

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Bulgaria Business News 

Bulgarian tobacco producers foresee purchase price increase

September 25, 2012September 25, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian tobacco producers and traders are foreseeing purchase prices in autumn 2012 being 10 to 20 per cent higher than

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Bulgaria News 

Public transport strike in Plovdiv over unpaid salaries enters second day

September 25, 2012September 25, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

A strike by employees of Plovdiv’s City Transport company over unpaid salaries several months in arrears entered its second day

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria plans reform to strengthen school pupils’ command of foreign languages

September 25, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

A shift from theory to practice is intended to strengthen Bulgarian school pupils’ command of foreign languages, while Education Minister

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Bulgaria Europe News 

Accused in Czech illegal alcohol case could face maximum jail sentence

September 25, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Two people arrested by Czech police on charges of deliberately distributing methanol-tainted alcohol that has led to 25 deaths and

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Business Europe News World 

Van Rompuy sees loss of urgency on euro crisis

September 25, 2012May 22, 2013 VOANews

European Union President Herman Van Rompuy says the continent is losing momentum in trying to resolve its three-year debt crisis.

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