Organised crime group arrested in Sofia for 3M leva tax fraud
An investigation by anti-organised crime police and the National Revenue Agency has led to the arrest of a group in
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Month: October 2012
Bulgarian police arrest four for telephone scams
Bulgarian police have arrested four people who allegedly defrauded people by telephoning them and demanding money to deal with fictitious
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Bulgaria to build temporary refugee shelter near Turkish border following increase in asylum-seekers
Bulgaria, which lately has seen an increase in the number of refugees from Syria and other troubled Middle Eastern and
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Bulgarian President taking high-tech industries in business delegation to Israel
Representatives of high-tech, R&D and agricultural firms will be in a business delegation that Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev is taking
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Polish government proposes 40% tax on shale gas extraction profits
Polish government wants to tax hydrocarbon extraction at an estimated 40% of the eventual gross profits on extraction, PM’s Chancellery
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Georgia’s Saakashvili nominates rival Ivanishvili as PM
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has nominated his rival, Bidzina Ivanishvili, as prime minister, a post the billionaire businessman was expected
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Earth-sized planet discovered in Alpha Centauri system
Astronomers in Europe have discovered the first-ever planet with a mass similar to Earth and orbiting a star like the
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Bulgaria approves electric, hybrid cars incentives plan
Bulgaria’s Cabinet approved on October 17 a plan meant to stimulate the sale and production of electric and hybrid cars,
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France’s Hollande says end to euro zone crisis ‘very near’
French President Francois Hollande says the end of the euro zone’s debt crisis is “very close,” but deep financial concerns
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