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Germany plans to return 3000 refugees to Bulgaria – report

July 18, 2014July 18, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Syrian refugees

Authorities in Germany plan to begin to return to Bulgaria close to 3000 refugees from next week, a report in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria ups funding for archaeology in 2014 amid criticism over scant cash

July 17, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency archaeology

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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Business 

OMV Petrom finds new oil reserves along the Black Sea coast

July 17, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Romania

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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Bulgaria 

Former Ukrainian president Yanukovych owns 20ha of land on Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast – report

July 15, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Ukraine

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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Europe 

Greek government to sell 1500 properties belonging to tax evaders

July 14, 2014July 14, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

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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Business 

Growth in EU’s Eastern European countries to double in 2014 – World Bank

July 14, 2014July 14, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators, 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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Europe 

Romanian prosecutors start hearings in EADS corruption case

July 14, 2014July 14, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Romania

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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Business 

Bulgarian exports to non-EU countries fell by close to 15% y/y in January-May 2014

July 11, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency

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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Europe 

Greece kicks off fresh bond issue

July 10, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

The Greek government begun the process for a second bond issue on July 9, the second since being bailed out

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