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Month: August 2015

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to forego dividend from state energy holding – reports

August 12, 2015August 12, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency energy

Bulgaria’s Energy Ministry will not seek any dividend from the Bulgarian Energy Holding (BEH) for 2014, using the money instead

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Europe 

Greek lawmakers prepare bailout bill for Thursday vote

August 12, 2015August 12, 2015 VOANews Greece

Greek lawmakers are finishing a draft bill for the country’s third government bailout package in five years, aiming for a

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria CPI slides back into deflation in July

August 12, 2015August 18, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s consumer price index (CPI) fell by 0.2 per cent in July and the annual figure recorded 0.2 per cent

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian cabinet boosts funding for coping with natural disasters

August 12, 2015August 18, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Cabinet approved on August 12 further funding for ministries and municipalities adding up to a total of more than

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Business 

Jaguar Land Rover plant in Nitra draws closer

August 12, 2015August 12, 2015 The Slovak Spectator Poland, Slovakia

Following robust analysis of a number of locations including Europe, the United States and Mexico, the Jaguar Land Rover carmaker has

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Business 

Jaguar Land Rover chooses Slovakia over Poland for new plant

August 12, 2015August 12, 2015 The Warsaw Voice Poland, Slovakia

Carmaker Jaguar Land Rover, a unit of Indian Tata, chose Slovakia over Poland as the location of its new production

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Europe World 

Turkish tourism hit by security concerns

August 11, 2015 Deutsche Welle Turkey

Turkey is known as a popular destination for tourists. But more and more visitors are concerned about the escalation in

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Europe 

Truce faltering as eastern Ukraine fighting spikes

August 11, 2015 Daniel Schearf of VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Intense clashes this week between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russia rebels are jeopardizing a fragile peace agreement and renewing concerns of

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Europe 

MH17 probe yields possible parts of Russian missile

August 11, 2015 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Investigators probing last year’s downing of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine have found fragments that may have come

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