Hungary’s PM Orban again sets sights on utilities firms, ‘powerful friends’
The government needs the people to help defeat foreign-owned utilities firms that want to scotch a plan to lower bills,
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Month: March 2013
Global credit card fraud network bust, with arrests in Romania
Forty-four members of a global credit card fraud network have been arrested in a joint operation co-ordinated by the Romanian
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Global economy improving but Europe lags behind, OECD says
Global economic activity is picking up, but the continuing crisis in the euro area is delaying a meaningful recovery, the
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Film review: Spring Breakers
If blond teenage girls watched more James Bond movies, they’d be able to better spot a bad guy. One giveaway,
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Film review: The Host
The Host bills itself as a science-fiction film for those who don’t like science fiction. Given its pedigree as a
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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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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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