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Russia’s Lukoil opens new $1.5B unit at Bulgarian refinery

May 20, 2015May 20, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Russian oil company Lukoil opened a new facility to process heavy residue at the Neftochim refinery in the Bulgarian city

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Cabinet transfers properties for intermodal terminal in Plovdiv

May 20, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Bulgaria’s cabinet approved on May 20 the transfer of 11 000 sq m of land to the National Railway Infrastructure

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New car sales in Bulgaria rise in 2015 – ACEA

May 19, 2015May 20, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

New car sales in Bulgaria were 8.2 per cent higher in January to April 2015 than in the first four

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Bulgaria’s competition watchdog fines electricity distributor CEZ 1.25M leva

May 18, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s competition regulator said on May 18 that it has fined electricity distribution firm CEZ Distribution Bulgaria 1.25 million leva

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FDI in Bulgaria in January-March was 317.3M euro

May 15, 2015May 19, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first three months of the year stood at 317.3 million euro, the equivalent

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Bulgarian carrier Vivacom fined 3.75M leva for unfair trade practices

May 14, 2015May 18, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s competition watchdog said on May 14 that it has fined telecom operator Vivacom for unfair trade practices, imposing one

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Eurozone boosts regional economies limited mainly by domestic policy factors

May 14, 2015May 14, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency euro zone

The outlook for economies in south-eastern Europe (SEE) is improving on the back of monetary easing in the euro zone,

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Growth patterns increasingly divergent in Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe – IMF

May 11, 2015May 11, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff IMF

Growth patterns are increasingly divergent in Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe (CESEE), says a new report by the International Monetary

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Bulgaria reports increase in consumer confidence

May 11, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Consumers in Bulgaria were less pessimistic in April 2015 than they had been in January, according to the results of

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