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Rating agency Fitch has confirmed Bulgaria’s long-term foreign currency issuer default rating (IDR) at BBB- and its long-term local currency IDR at BBB, with the outlook on both ratings as […]
The European Commission has opened proceedings against Microsoft in order to investigate whether the company has failed to comply with its 2009 commitments to offer users a choice screen enabling […]
The International Monetary Fund says global economic growth is slowing as debt problems continue in Europe, and expansion is less than expected in major emerging economies. IMF experts say the global economy […]
The European Parliament’s rejection of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) was not a surprising decision, but leading politicians and business figures warn the fight against Internet piracy must continue. In […]
French oil and gas group total was awarded a licence to prospect for fossil fuels in Bulgaria’s exclusive economic area of the Black Sea, the Cabinet said on July 12. […]
Bulgaria’s consumer price index fell by one per cent in June, the second straight month of deflation, pushing the year-on-year inflation figure at the end of the month to 1.6 […]
If current economic policies do not change quickly, the 17-member euro zone may lose 4.5 million jobs over the next four years, the United Nations said in a new report, […]
Ski lifts on Vitosha mountain near Sofia, which were halted last year by the company that holds the concession, will resume operations within weeks. Vitosha Ski said at the time […]
A new report is signaling that most of the world’s major economies will slow in the coming months, with only Brazil advancing. A Paris-based economics think tank, the Organization for Economic […]
Bulgaria’s supreme court of cassation ruled to confirm the judgment of an appellate court that kept the Plovdiv International Fair in the ownership of controversial local businessman Georgi Gergov. The […]
