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Telenor Bulgaria completes network overhaul, says ready for 4G licence

June 29, 2015June 29, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s second largest carrier Telenor said on June 29 that it has completed the overhaul of its network and was

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Bulgaria stands its ground in tax dispute with Greece

June 26, 2015June 30, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Bulgaria and Greece have presented their cases to the European Commission in a tax dispute case threatening to strain cross-border

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Bulgaria has lowest alcohol, tobacco, restaurant and hotel consumer prices in EU – Eurostat

June 19, 2015June 23, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Eurostat

Consumer price levels in Bulgaria are less than half the European Union average, and the country has the lowest prices

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Bulgarian newspaper titles, circulation decrease – statistics institute

June 19, 2015June 23, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Media

A total of 295 newspaper titles were published in Bulgaria in 2014, with a collective circulation of 315 712, both

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FDI in Bulgaria in January-April was 523.5M euro

June 17, 2015June 18, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first four months of the year stood at 523.5 million euro, the equivalent

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Bulgaria has lowest consumption per capita in EU – Eurostat

June 16, 2015June 17, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Eurostat

Bulgaria ranks lowest among European Union member countries in actual individual consumption (AIC) per capita, a measure of the material

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Bulgaria’s Q1 2015 employment shows year-on-year increase

June 16, 2015June 16, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Eurostat

Employment in Bulgaria in the first quarter of 2015 was 0.8 per cent higher than in Q1 2014, according to

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Second electricity distributor files arbitration claim against Bulgaria

June 8, 2015June 9, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Czech-owned Energo-Pro became the second electricity distribution firm to file an arbitration claim against Bulgaria with the World Bank’s arbitration

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Bulgarian competition regulator allows Vivacom to buy former subsidiary

June 8, 2015June 9, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) has allowed telecom carrier Vivacom to purchase infrastructure company Nurts, a former subsidiary

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