Bulgarian debt collectors: Debt repayment rates improving but young among worst defaulters
Even though Bulgarians have the lowest incomes among all European Union countries, citizens in debt have become more responsible in
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Month: March 2014
Siderov: ‘The media have found me guilty’
Arriving at the Sofia City Investigative Service offices on March 12 where he was to be formally charged with hooliganism
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Slowdown in emerging economies could be a drag on global growth – OECD
Recovery is under way in the world’s advanced economies, underpinned by supportive financial conditions and reduced drag from budgetary tightening,
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Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders meet on Cyprus issue
Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders Nicos Anastasiades and Dervis Eroglu are scheduled to meet on Monday March 31 to continue
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Death of 14-year-old Gezi Park victim brings the Turkish people to the streets
Major reactions and demonstrations followed the death of 14-year-old Berkin Elvan, who had been in a coma since June 2013,
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Turkish courts order release of convicted military conspirators
Turkish courts have ordered that high-ranking generals convicted of conspiring to overthrow the government be released from prison, casting a
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Poland offers tax breaks for shale gas extraction
Poland’s government has adopted a bill on hydrocarbons’ taxation, including a cap on shale gas taxation at about 40 per
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Banker Vassilev complains to Prosecutor-General about anti-government Protest Network allegations
Tsvetan Vassilev, head of the supervisory board of Corporate Commercial Bank (CCB), has lodged a formal complaint with Bulgaria’s Prosecutor-General
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Bulgarian President seeks closer ties with Qatar
Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev has once again reiterated Sofia’s interest in buying gas from Qatar, but bemoaned the lack of
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