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Day: April 30, 2014

Business 

Legal security, corruption undermine Bulgaria business environment

April 30, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency

Four in five German firms would still invest in Bulgaria, according to a survey by the German-Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce

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Bulgaria 

Counter-terrorism centre to be set up at Bulgaria’s security agency

April 30, 2014April 30, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Tsvetlin Yovchev

A counter-terrorism centre is to be set up within Bulgaria’s State Agency for National Security, Interior Minister Tsvetlin Yovchev said

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament passes public tenders amendments

April 30, 2014April 30, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Parliament passed at second reading on April 30 amendments to the Public Procurement Act, meant to increase transparency of

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World 

50th anniversary of a language that changed the world

April 30, 2014May 10, 2024 VOANews

May 1 marks the 50th anniversary of a special computer language aimed at enabling college students not trained in mathematics

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Bulgaria 

Reporters Without Borders names Bulgarian journalist among ‘100 Information Heroes’

April 30, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Media

International media freedom watchdog organisation Reporters Without Borders has named a Bulgarian journalist as among its “100 Information Heroes”. “Through

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Bulgaria 

Traffic police start road safety campaign as Bulgaria heads into six-day holiday

April 30, 2014May 4, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Every member of Bulgaria’s traffic police will be on duty as the country heads into its six-day special public holiday

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Business 

Business confidence increased in Bulgaria slightly in April – statistics institute

April 30, 2014April 30, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Business people’s view of the business climate in Bulgaria improved slightly in April 2014, 1.7 percentage points higher than in

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Europe 

Ukraine leader admits losing of control of eastern Regions

April 30, 2014April 30, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Ukraine’s acting president says that the Kyiv government has effectively lost control over the situation in the country’s eastern Luhansk

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria cancels visit of Russian Duma president over EU sanctions

April 30, 2014May 5, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry has confirmed that a visit to Sofia by Sergey Naryshkin, president of Russia’s State Duma, that had

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