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Month: July 2015

Business 

Carrefour, Piccadilly retailers merger in Bulgaria called off

July 20, 2015July 21, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian supermarket chain Piccadilly’s proposed merger with retail group Carrefour’s franchisee in Bulgaria has been cancelled, according to reports in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Health Ministry: Anthrax will not spread further

July 20, 2015July 21, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Varna

Bulgaria’s Health Ministry said on July 20 that it had countered the spreading of anthrax infection, issuing the assurance two

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Europe 

Banks finally open in Greece

July 20, 2015July 20, 2015 VOANews euro zone, Greece

Banks in cash-strapped Greece opened Monday for the first time in three weeks.  Bank customers will be allowed to make

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Europe 

Poland to hold parliamentary elections on October 25

July 20, 2015 The Warsaw Voice Poland

Poland will hold parliamentary elections on Sunday, October 25, President Bronislaw Komorowski has announced, a date that leaves the ruling

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Europe 

The new Greek government

July 19, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

PM Alexis Tsipras announced a Greek government reshuffle on Friday afternoon, expected since an earlier vote in Parliament this week,

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Business 

Greek Eurobank EFG to buy Alpha Bank branches in Bulgaria

July 18, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Greece

Greek banking group Eurobank EFG has agreed to buy the branches of its domestic rival Alpha Bank in Bulgaria, the

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Bulgaria 

Borissov: Bulgaria will not incur losses from supporting bailout for Greece

July 17, 2015July 21, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, euro zone, Greece

Bulgaria will participate in the rescue package for Greece and will not lose any of its own money from doing

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Business 

FDI in Bulgaria in January-May was 616.9M euro

July 17, 2015July 17, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first five months of the year stood at 616.9 million euro, the equivalent

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria welcomes July 15 agreement in Macedonia

July 17, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

Bulgaria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on July 17 that it welcomed the agreement achieved two days earlier among the

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