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Despite exports drop, Bulgaria records shrinking trade gap in H1 2016

August 9, 2016August 11, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s foreign trade gap in the first half of this year stood at 2.14 billion leva, or 1.1 billion euro, shrinking from

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Bulgarian consumer confidence decreased in July 2016 – poll

August 5, 2016August 6, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgaria’s consumer confidence indicator was 0.6 percentage points lower in July 2016 than in April, the National Statistical Institute (NSI)

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Israel’s Teva Pharmaceutical completes acquisition of Actavis Generics

August 4, 2016August 5, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Israel’s Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, the world’s largest maker of generic drugs, has completed the acquisition of Actavis Generics, a unit

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Reduction in unemployment in Bulgaria among highest in EU – Eurostat

July 29, 2016August 1, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Eurostat, macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria recorded the third-largest decrease in unemployment among European Union countries between June 2015 and June 2016, EU statistics office

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Bulgarian business sentiment drops in July 2016 – poll

July 28, 2016July 29, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency

A regular monthly poll by the National Statistical Institute (NSI) found a drop in business sentiment in Bulgaria in July

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Bulgaria’s BEH places 550M euro bond on Irish Stock Exchange

July 27, 2016July 28, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Energy Holding (BEH) has successfully placed a 550 million euro bond issue on the Irish Stock Exchange, the company

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Brexit prompts cuts in global economic growth forecasts

July 19, 2016July 19, 2016 VOANews Brexit, IMF

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has cut its two-year global economic growth forecast due to uncertainty surrounding Britain’s exit from

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More than milk money for Bulgarian cheese and yoghurts

July 19, 2016July 21, 2016 Magdalena Rahn

Bulgarian milk products are carving out their place on the US market. The annual Summer Fancy Food Show, which took

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Bulgaria reports drop in exports, negative trade balance, in January – May 2016

July 11, 2016July 12, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s exports to European Union and non-EU countries in January to May 2016 were 3.5 per cent less than in

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