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Month: December 2016

Business 

Belgium’s KBC Group in 610M euro deal to acquire United Bulgarian Bank and Interlease

December 31, 2016March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Greece

Belgian based KBC Group (KBC) and the National Bank of Greece (NBG), the Greek parent company of United Bulgarian Bank

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria January-November 2016 Budget surplus at 3.47B leva

December 30, 2016March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

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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Europe 

Romanian president designates Grindeanu new prime minister

December 30, 2016March 9, 2017 Deutsche Welle Romania

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 

Bulgaria utilities regulator raises gas prices by 4.7%

December 30, 2016March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff energy

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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Business 

Bulgaria’s December 2016 business climate unchanged from November – poll

December 30, 2016March 9, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency

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 

Bulgaria campaigns against illegal migration in lorries

December 29, 2016March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis

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 

Bulgaria slams Russia over ‘weapons to Syria’ claims

December 29, 2016March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Russia

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov has rejected allegations that his country has exported weapons to the conflict in Syria and

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Bulgaria 

Death toll on Bulgaria’s roads so far in 2016 reaches 700

December 28, 2016March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

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 

Bulgaria re-opens concession tender for Plovdiv Airport

December 28, 2016March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

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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