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Day: December 15, 2014

Bulgaria 

Dialogue with Russia on South Stream must continue, Merkel tells Bulgarian PM Borissov

December 15, 2014December 17, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, energy, South Stream

The European Union has not given up on the South Stream gas pipeline project and therefore the dialogue with Russia

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Bulgaria 

New survey shows worrying picture of poverty in Bulgaria

December 15, 2014December 17, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Twenty-one per cent of Bulgarians are below the country’s poverty line – a statistic that translates into a reality of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria high court holds first hearing in CCB licence appeal

December 15, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Bulgaria’s Supreme Administrative Court (SAC) held the first hearing on December 15 in the case appealing against the Bulgarian National

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Business 

FDI in Bulgaria in January-October was 804.9 million euro

December 15, 2014December 15, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first 10 months of 2014 was 804.9 million euro, the equivalent of two per

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Business 

Labour costs in Bulgaria lowest in EU – Eurostat

December 15, 2014December 17, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Eurostat

Labour costs in Bulgaria were the lowest among the 28 member states of the European Union, according to a survey

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Europe 

Chevron pulls out of gas extraction in western Ukraine

December 15, 2014December 15, 2014 The Kyiv Post energy, Ukraine

Global Energy giant Chevron terminated its contract with Ukraine to extract shale gas in western Ukraine after trying for more

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Business 

Bulgaria annual deflation speeds up to 0.6% in November

December 15, 2014December 17, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s consumer price index (CPI) shrank by 0.4 per cent in November, pushing the annual deflation figure at the end

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Business 

Bulgaria to offer free text notifications to company owners

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

Bulgaria’s Registry Agency will make its notification service for company and property owners free of charge starting January 1 2015,

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