Germany plans to return 3000 refugees to Bulgaria – report
Authorities in Germany plan to begin to return to Bulgaria close to 3000 refugees from next week, a report in
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Author: Independent Balkan News Agency
Bulgaria ups funding for archaeology in 2014 amid criticism over scant cash
Bulgaria’s cabinet approved additional spending of 1.5 million leva (about 750 000 euro) in the budget of the culture ministry
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OMV Petrom finds new oil reserves along the Black Sea coast
OMV Petrom, a company controlled by the Austrian group OMV, announced that it had discovered new reserves of oil in shallow
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Former Ukrainian president Yanukovych owns 20ha of land on Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast – report
Former Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych owns a total of 20 hectares of land in popular seaside resort areas along Bulgaria’s
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Greek government to sell 1500 properties belonging to tax evaders
Greek tax authorities are preparing to sell, through an online auction, 1500 villas in tourist resorts in the country, such as
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Growth in EU’s Eastern European countries to double in 2014 – World Bank
Economic growth in the EU member states from the former communist bloc is expected to nearly double from 1.4 per
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Romanian prosecutors start hearings in EADS corruption case
Romanian anti-corruption prosecutors started hearing at least 40 current and former high ranking dignitaries in a case which concerns a
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Bulgarian exports to non-EU countries fell by close to 15% y/y in January-May 2014
Bulgarian exports to third countries, meaning those that are not members of the European Union, fell by 14.8 per cent
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Greece kicks off fresh bond issue
The Greek government begun the process for a second bond issue on July 9, the second since being bailed out
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