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Year: 2012

Bulgaria News 

Planned move of Bulgarian Customs Agency HQ to Rousse put on hold – for some years

September 18, 2012September 18, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Less than a day after Finance Minister Simeon Dyankov vowed that the controversial plan to move the headquarters of Bulgaria’s

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Russia Watch: ‘Russia’s Tibet’ opens to the outside world

September 18, 2012 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief

Word of the killings of four American diplomats in Libya took 24 hours to reach me last week. That was

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Business Perspectives 

M&A corner: Does your business need a valuation?

September 18, 2012 Les Nemethy

Business owners often ask themselves whether they need a business valuation, and, if so, what kind of valuation is required.

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Austrian, Bulgarian firms sign 30 million euro contract during Bulgarian President’s visit to Vienna

September 18, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

An Austrian-Bulgarian business forum in Vienna heard Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev underline his message that his country is a stable

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New car sales in Bulgaria slightly up, bucking EU trend

September 18, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Sales of new cars in Bulgaria from January to August 2012 were 2.1 per cent higher than in the first

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Bulgaria News Perspectives 

Bulgaria’s smoking schizophrenia

September 18, 2012 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Bulgaria, which a few months ago enacted tough new laws against smoking in public places, has vowed to defend its

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Bulgaria reiterates reluctance to join EU banking union

September 18, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria supports the idea of a European Union banking union but it would not be the interest of the country

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Europe News 

Slovakia confirms first victims of methyl alcohol poisoning

September 18, 2012September 18, 2012 The Slovak Spectator

Laboratory results have confirmed the poisoning by methyl alcohol of four men from Veľké Kapušany, who drank spirits imported from

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Biowine receives EU approval: Label certification boosts the sales of organic drink

September 18, 2012May 22, 2013 Jennifer Rigby of The Prague Post

The intricacies of the European Union could drive anyone to drink, but until recently, organic winemakers had more cause than

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