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Bulgaria’s caretaker cabinet on March 28 2013 approved a decision to open an honorary consulate headquartered in Stuttgart with a consular district covering the German state of Baden-Württemberg. The honorary […]
Bulgaria’s caretaker Cabinet said on March 28 that it would spend about 41 million leva in state aid to “the most vulnerable social groups”. The money would be paid using […]
The European Commission sees the capital controls imposed in Cyprus as necessary for now under the circumstances but says that they should be lifted as soon as possible “n the […]
Banks across Cyprus are expected to be filled with long lines of anxious customers when they reopen Thursday after a 12-day shut down. The banks will stay open for just […]
Paradise Center became the latest shopping mall to open in Bulgaria’s capital city, Sofia, on March 28 2013. The new mall hopes to distinguish itself from established rivals by emphasising […]
Summer daylight saving time starts in Bulgaria on March 31 2013 at 3am, when clocks must be adjusted forward an hour to 4am. Daylight saving time starts every year on […]
Against a background of a series of people setting themselves on fire during the past weeks of nationwide protests, Bulgaria’s statutory Council for Electronic Media (CEM) has called on television […]
The prices of internationally traded food commodities continued to fall between October 2012 and February 2013, according to the World Bank’s Food Price Index. Food prices have been falling for […]
The Cyprus economic crisis is likely to increase support for right-wing parties across Europe, and put additional stresses on the European Union, according to a regional politics expert at Cornell […]
With the support of European Union police agency Europol, the Croatian National police dismantled an illegal currency print-shop on March 26 and arrested 18 suspects belonging to a domestic organised […]
