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Month: July 2013

World 

Global food prices continue to decrease, but subsidies a concern, World Bank says

July 29, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Global food prices declined for three consecutive quarters, then rose in May and June, remaining close to historical peaks, the

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Greek prime minister Antonis Samaras
Europe 

Italian, Greek PMs to meet

July 29, 2013July 30, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Italian Prime Minister, Enrico Leta, is going to meet on Monday noon with his Greek counterpart, Antonis Samaras, in a

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Business 

National Bank of Greece absorbs Probank

July 29, 2013July 29, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

The National Bank of Greece (NBG) announced it will absorb Greek lender Probank which recently broke into a good and

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Europe 

Sofia and Skopje – another meeting, more good intentions

July 29, 2013July 30, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

Plamen Oresharski and Nikola Gruevski have become the latest two occupants of the prime ministers’ chairs in their respective countries

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People 

Trust in Bulgaria: Bobby and Rosie Martin

July 29, 2013May 10, 2024 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

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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Bulgaria 

Controversy over embattled Bulgarian Parliament voting itself a vacation

July 26, 2013July 26, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Peevski protests

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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Bulgaria 

Archaeology: Roman wall unearthed in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv

July 26, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, 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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Business 

Privatization plan of Greek Public Power Corporation unveiled

July 26, 2013July 26, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Greece

The Greek government has unveiled details of a plan to privatize the Public Power Corporation. The privatization is part of

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Bulgaria 

Ankova re-appointed as head of Bulgarian National Television

July 26, 2013July 26, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Media

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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