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Day: December 12, 2014

Business 

Bulgaria’s Victoria Bank reopens for business

December 12, 2014December 15, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Bulgarian lender Victoria Bank, the subsidiary of the Corporate Commercial Bank (CCB) that was put under central bank administration in

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Bulgaria 

Car of missing former head of Bulgarian security agency entered Greece – reports

December 12, 2014December 15, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

The car in which the missing former head of Bulgaria’s State Agency for National Security Petko Sertov was travelling crossed

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Europe 

Greece: Armed terrorist attack against the embassy of Israel

December 12, 2014December 12, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

The Greek counter-terrorism service is on high alert after two terrorist attacks that two place in Athens in the past

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Bulgaria 

Meet the Bulgarians online – young, male, highly educated, shopping online and moving to the cloud

December 12, 2014May 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Close to 57 per cent of Bulgarian households have home internet access, three per cent higher than in 2013, according

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Business 

Bulgaria’s competition watchdog fines Ikea 347 500 leva

December 12, 2014December 12, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) said on December 12 that it has fined furniture retailer Ikea 347 500

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Bulgaria 

French ambassador: Investors in Bulgaria have problems communicating with administration

December 12, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency

French investors in Bulgaria have problems in communicating with government departments, especially regarding applications for European programmes, France’s ambassador in

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Europe 

Poland concerned by Russia’s Baltic military actions

December 12, 2014 The Warsaw Voice Nato, Poland, Russia

Poland’s defence minister Tomasz Siemoniak said Thursday he was concerned by the level of Russia’s recent naval and air force

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