Bulgarian regulator cuts gas, heating prices
Bulgaria’s State Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (SEWRC) approved on March 28 lower prices for natural gas and central heating,
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Day: March 28, 2013
Cyprus crisis burns Russian investors
For years, construction companies in Cyprus lured Russians to invest in the Mediterranean island. Over the last decade, 40,000 Russians
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Controversy over poll showing Bulgaria’s GERB making big gain against socialists
A new opinion poll by the MBMD agency, released on March 28 2013, showing Boiko Borissov’s party GERB with a
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Bulgaria will not initiate procedure for EU to declare Hezbollah a terrorist organisation, caretaker PM Raykov says
Bulgaria’s caretaker Prime Minister Marin Raykov has reiterated that his country will not initiate the procedure for the European Union
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Bulgarian President joins in criticism of IOC intention to drop wrestling from Olympics
Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev said on March 28 he was “concerned” with the International Olympic Committee’s intention to drop wrestling
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Bulgarian socialist leader to approach Prosecutor-General over alleged eavesdropping of politicians and business people
Bulgarian Socialist Party leader Sergei Stanishev said that he would approach the Prosecutor-General after receiving allegations that there had been
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Bulgaria to open honorary consulate in Stuttgart
Bulgaria’s caretaker cabinet on March 28 2013 approved a decision to open an honorary consulate headquartered in Stuttgart with a
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Bulgarian Cabinet allocates 41M leva to ‘social vulnerable groups’
Bulgaria’s caretaker Cabinet said on March 28 that it would spend about 41 million leva in state aid to “the
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Capital controls in Cyprus necessary now but should be lifted as soon as possible, EC says
The European Commission sees the capital controls imposed in Cyprus as necessary for now under the circumstances but says that
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