Bulgarian competition watchdog approves sale of telecom carrier Vivacom
Bulgaria’s Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) has approved the sale of Bulgarian telecom firm Vivacom, one of the country’s
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Month: January 2016
Greek bailout review set to drag on for months
Eurogroup chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem dealt a blow to the hopes of Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras of excluding the International
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Bulgarian Foreign Minister holds talks with Skopje’s outgoing ambassador
Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov held talks on January 7 2016 with Blagoj Handjiski, who is leaving his post as
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Businessman said to be linked to VIS-2 group shot dead in Sofia
Vesselin “Fat Vesko” Stoimenov (53), an owner of several companies and said to be linked to the former controversial VIS-2
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Romanians, Moldovans arrested in ATM malware attack bust
The Romanian National Police and the Directorate for Investigating Organised Crimes and Terrorism (DIICOT), assisted by Europol and Eurojust as
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Russia suspected in first-ever cyberattack on Ukraine’s power grid
In the last months of 2015, the conflict between Russia and Ukraine over Crimea’s annexation and continuing strife in Ukraine’s
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Opinion: On the EU, the UK referendum, and reform – part I
It is likely that this year the UK will hold a referendum on its continuing membership of the EU. Part
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Poland adopts controversial media-control law
Polish President Andrzej Duda has signed a controversial new law giving the country’s conservative government direct control of state media,
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Bulgaria gets Netflix as streaming service goes global
US-based streaming service Netflix has made its service available worldwide, announcing expanded international roll-out at the CES 2016 consumer electronics
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