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Day: December 13, 2013

Business 

S&P confirms Bulgaria’s BBB credit rating, downgrades outlook to ‘negative’

December 13, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Credit ratings agency Standard&Poor’s said on December 13 that it affirmed Bulgaria’s and short-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit

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Business 

Bulgaria reports annual deflation of 1.5% in November

December 13, 2013December 15, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s consumer price index shrank by 0.2 per cent in November, with year-on-year figure showing 1.5 per cent deflation, data

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Bulgaria 

Amnesty slams Bulgaria in report on Syrian refugees, condemns ‘Fortress Europe’

December 13, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Syrian refugees

In two of the main gateways to the European Union, Bulgaria and Greece, refugees from Syria are met with deplorable

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Bulgaria 

‘There is a campaign against Dossier Commission disclosures’

December 13, 2013December 15, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Dossier Commission

The Dossier Commission, which exposes people in Bulgaria who used to work for communist-era secret service State Security, appears to

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Business 

Global tourism reaches record in 2013 – World Tourism Organisation

December 13, 2013December 15, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

International tourism rose five per cent in the first nine months of 2013 to reach a record 845 million worldwide,

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Bulgaria 

Four favourites in election of Bulgarian Orthodox Church Varna Metropolitan – report

December 13, 2013December 15, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Four bishops have emerged as favourites in the election of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s new Metropolitan of Varna, the first

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Business 

Eurozone industrial output slumping

December 13, 2013December 13, 2013 VOANews macroeconomic indicators

Industrial output in Europe’s euro currency bloc is slumping, new evidence the region’s economic recovery could be stalling. The European

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Europe 

EU vows help to Ukraine in gaining IMF loan

December 13, 2013 VOANews Ukraine

A key European Union envoy says the 28-member trade bloc is ready to provide more financial aid to Ukraine, if

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Europe 

Poland’s PGNiG and Chevron to join forces on shale gas exploration

December 13, 2013 The Warsaw Voice energy, Poland

Polish state-controlled gas firm PGNiG signed a letter of intent with American fuel giant Chevron on cooperation in shale gas

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