Belgium’s KBC Group in 610M euro deal to acquire United Bulgarian Bank and Interlease
Belgian based KBC Group (KBC) and the National Bank of Greece (NBG), the Greek parent company of United Bulgarian Bank
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Month: December 2016
Bulgaria January-November 2016 Budget surplus at 3.47B leva
Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry said that the consolidated Budget surplus for the first 11 months of 2016 was 3.47 billion leva,
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Romanian president designates Grindeanu new prime minister
President Klaus Iohannis has designated veteran leftist Sorin Grindeanu as the new Romanian head of government. Previously, Iohannis refused to
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Bulgaria utilities regulator raises gas prices by 4.7%
Bulgaria’s utilities regulator decided on December 30 to raise the gas prices by 4.7 per cent starting January 1 2017,
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Bulgaria’s December 2016 business climate unchanged from November – poll
A regular poll by Bulgaria’s National Statistical Institute (NSI) has found views of the country’s business climate in December largely
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Bulgaria campaigns against illegal migration in lorries
The Bulgarian Interior Ministry and the Association of Bulgarian Enterprises for International Transport and Roads have unveiled a joint project
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Bulgaria slams Russia over ‘weapons to Syria’ claims
Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov has rejected allegations that his country has exported weapons to the conflict in Syria and
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Death toll on Bulgaria’s roads so far in 2016 reaches 700
Seven hundred people have died in road accidents in Bulgaria so far in 2016, a total of 43 in December
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Bulgaria re-opens concession tender for Plovdiv Airport
Bulgaria’s outgoing Cabinet said on December 28 that it decided to re-open the tender for a 35-year concession on the
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