Global food prices continue to decrease, but subsidies a concern, World Bank says
Global food prices declined for three consecutive quarters, then rose in May and June, remaining close to historical peaks, the
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Month: July 2013
Italian, Greek PMs to meet
Italian Prime Minister, Enrico Leta, is going to meet on Monday noon with his Greek counterpart, Antonis Samaras, in a
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National Bank of Greece absorbs Probank
The National Bank of Greece (NBG) announced it will absorb Greek lender Probank which recently broke into a good and
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Sofia and Skopje – another meeting, more good intentions
Plamen Oresharski and Nikola Gruevski have become the latest two occupants of the prime ministers’ chairs in their respective countries
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Trust in Bulgaria: Bobby and Rosie Martin
At a pavement café in the central square of the north-western town of Mezdra, a smiling young waitress brings an
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Controversy over embattled Bulgarian Parliament voting itself a vacation
The proposal by Bulgaria’s Parliament – for weeks a focus of anti-government protests by many thousands of people demanding the
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Archaeology: Roman wall unearthed in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv
A Roman wall, estimated to date from the third to the fifth century CE, has been unearthed in the centre
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Privatization plan of Greek Public Power Corporation unveiled
The Greek government has unveiled details of a plan to privatize the Public Power Corporation. The privatization is part of
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Ankova re-appointed as head of Bulgarian National Television
Incumbent director-general of public broadcaster Bulgarian National Television, Vyara Ankova, has been appointed to a second three-year term, the Council
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