Russia Watch: Is Russia Turning Protestant?
In 1990, an American anthropologist wrote a controversial book: “Is Latin America Turning Protestant?” Two decades later, that same provocative
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Year: 2013
Romania hikes excises to make up for sharp reduction of VAT on bread
Romania will introduce as of September 1 new taxes and increase part of the existing ones in order to counter-balance
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Love thy neighbour? Romanian official angered by Hungarian ‘interference’
Romanian Foreign Ministry state secretary George Ciamba has “taken note with surprise” comments by “certain Hungarian officials” at the annual
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Formal Middle East peace negotiations to begin by mid-August
Israeli and Palestinian negotiators held a second and final day of preliminary, face-to-face talks in Washington Tuesday. The talks included
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Bulgarian President Plevneliev ‘ready’ to veto controversial Budget amendments
Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev is ready to veto controversial amendments to Budget 2013 – proposed by the Bulgarian Socialist Party
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Economic sentiment, business climate indicators in EU continue upward trend in July 2013
In July 2013 the Economic Sentiment Indicator (ESI) increased by 1.2 points in the euro zone (to 92.5) and by
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Bulgarian utilities regulator approves second electricity prices cut this year
Bulgaria’s State Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (SEWRC) said that it approved the proposed electricity price cuts that will go
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Bulgarian government ducks public debate challenge
Plamen Oresharski, occupant of the prime minister’s seat in the Bulgarian Socialist Party government, has responded to a challenge from
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Group of Bulgaria’s anti-government protesters plan land, sea and air ‘occupation’ of government summer palace
In the latest move to maintain the momentum of anti-government protests in Bulgaria, a group is planning to “occupy” the
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