Bulgaria’s utility regulator proposes 5.3-5.8% electricity price cut
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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Month: March 2013
Some protest organisers, trade union leader, walk out of Plevneliev’s ‘public council’
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’s fighter jet acquisition plan in holding pattern for next government
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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Turkish PM Erdogan’s Zionism comments ‘particularly offensive’, US says
The United States is expressing its disapproval with the comments of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who this week
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New EU regulations on bus and coach passenger rights come into effect on March 1
A new European Union regulation on bus and coach passenger rights came into effect on March 1 2013, providing bus
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Criticisms, skepticism ahead of first meeting of Plevneliev’s ‘public council’
Even before its first meeting on March 1 2013, the “public council” called together by Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev with
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Unemployment in Bulgaria 12.4% in January 2013, as youth unemployment hits 28.3%
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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Poland ratifies EU fiscal pact
Poland’s President Bronislaw Komorowski signed on February 28 2013 the ratification document of the EU fiscal pact which increases public
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Kremlin’s policies shackled by oil and gas giant Gazprom
As Russia’s largest oil and gas company is once again embroiled in an energy dispute with Ukraine, the country’s dependence
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