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Bulgaria competition watchdog re-instates Saudi firm Arkad as gas grid capacity expansion contractor

July 1, 2019July 5, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency energy

Bulgaria’s Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) has ruled to re-instate Saudi Arabian Arkad Engineering as the winner in the

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Poll sees business climate in Bulgaria as having worsened in June 2019

June 28, 2019June 29, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency

A regular monthly poll by Bulgaria’s National Statistical Institute (NSI) has found that the country’s business climate is seen as

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Cyprus Airways and Bulgaria Air enter into codeshare partnership

June 27, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Cyprus Airways and Bulgaria Air have entered into a codeshare partnership, Cyprus Airways said on its website on June 27.

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Bulgaria’s Eurohold Holding agrees to buy CEZ assets for 335M euro

June 21, 2019June 25, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgarian insurance and asset management group Eurohold Holding said on June 20 that it has agreed to buy the Bulgarian

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New passenger car registrations in Bulgaria up 3.9% in January-May 2019

June 18, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The number of new passenger car registrations in Bulgaria in January to May 2019 was 3.9 per cent higher than

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Greece’s Eurobank Ergasias closes acquisition of Bulgarian unit of Piraeus Bank

June 14, 2019June 16, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Postbank, a subsidiary of Greek Eurobank Ergasias, said on June 14 that it has closed the acquisition of the

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Average price of agricultural land in Bulgaria rose 7.9% in 2018

June 12, 2019June 15, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The average price for 0.1 hectares of agricultural land in Bulgaria was 941 leva (about 481 euro) in 2018, an

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EBRD, EU finance programme for SMEs in Bulgaria, Latvia and Romania

June 5, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The EBRD and the European Union have launched a new financing programme that supports investment in research and innovation by small and

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Bulgaria sixth-largest producer of cigarettes in the EU

June 1, 2019June 3, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria produced 20 billion cigarettes in 2017, making it the sixth-largest producer of cigarettes in the European Union that year,

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