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Jaguar Land Rover plant in Nitra draws closer

August 12, 2015August 12, 2015 The Slovak Spectator Poland, Slovakia

Following robust analysis of a number of locations including Europe, the United States and Mexico, the Jaguar Land Rover carmaker has

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Jaguar Land Rover chooses Slovakia over Poland for new plant

August 12, 2015August 12, 2015 The Warsaw Voice Poland, Slovakia

Carmaker Jaguar Land Rover, a unit of Indian Tata, chose Slovakia over Poland as the location of its new production

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Ryanair to launch daily flights from London to Sofia in summer 2016

August 7, 2015August 10, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Low-cost airline Ryanair will expand its destinations list to include Bulgaria’s capital city of Sofia starting in May 2016, with

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Bulgarian cabinet sets January deadline for solutions to ‘problem areas’ facing investors

August 5, 2015August 9, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s cabinet said on August 5 that it had adopted a report identifying 10 “problem areas” facing investors in Bulgaria

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Wizz Air to add another Airbus to Sofia base, offer four new destinations

August 5, 2015August 5, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Low-cost airline Wizz Air said on August 5 that it would add four new flights to the Bulgarian capital city

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Bulgarian-language newspaper, magazine cease publication

July 31, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Media

Bulgarian-language daily Presa and its sibling magazine Tema are ceasing publication as of July 31, reportedly because of a severe

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New governor of Bulgaria’s central bank to get salary much lower than predecessor

July 30, 2015August 3, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Recently-appointed central Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) governor Dimitar Radev will get a monthly salary of 15 368 leva (about 7857

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Russia’s economic woes cause 60 per cent slump in Bulgarian wine sales

July 30, 2015August 3, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Russia

Bulgarian wine sales have fallen by 60 per cent because of the political and economic situation in Russia, a leading

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Bulgarians have close to a billion leva in arrears debts – collection agency association

July 30, 2015July 31, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarians were deeper in debt in arrears in the first half of 2015 than at the same time last year,

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