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Day: March 1, 2013

Bulgaria Business News 

Bulgaria lowers investment certificate thresholds

March 1, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s acting Cabinet approved on March 1 a series of changes to the regulations on the implementation of the Investment

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria’s political crisis: Of a public council, public enemies and protests against a protester

March 1, 2013March 1, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The first day of March and the latest day of Bulgaria’s national political crisis produced another round of developments and

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Bulgaria Business News 

Bulgaria’s utility regulator proposes 5.3-5.8% electricity price cut

March 1, 2013May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s State Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (SEWRC) said on March 1 that it has proposed an electricity price cut

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Bulgaria News 

Some protest organisers, trade union leader, walk out of Plevneliev’s ‘public council’

March 1, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

Some of the leaders of recent nationwide protests invited to take part in President Rossen Plevneliev’s “public council” walked out

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria’s fighter jet acquisition plan in holding pattern for next government

March 1, 2013March 1, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s long-standing saga of a planned fighter jet acquisition will become a matter for the next government, while negotiations with

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Europe News World 

Turkish PM Erdogan’s Zionism comments ‘particularly offensive’, US says

March 1, 2013March 1, 2013 VOANews

The United States is expressing its disapproval with the comments of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who this week

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Bulgaria Europe Leisure News 

New EU regulations on bus and coach passenger rights come into effect on March 1

March 1, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission

A new European Union regulation on bus and coach passenger rights came into effect on March 1 2013, providing bus

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Bulgaria News 

Criticisms, skepticism ahead of first meeting of Plevneliev’s ‘public council’

March 1, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Even before its first meeting on March 1 2013, the “public council” called together by Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev with

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Bulgaria Business Europe News 

Unemployment in Bulgaria 12.4% in January 2013, as youth unemployment hits 28.3%

March 1, 2013May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Eurostat, macroeconomic indicators

Unemployment among youth, meaning under-25s, hit 28.3 per cent in Bulgaria in January 2013, higher than the European Union average

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