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Bulgaria invites ExxonMobil to bid for Black Sea exploration licences

May 5, 2015May 7, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency energy

Bulgarian Parliament’s energy committee chairperson Delyan Dobrev met with officials from ExxonMobil to invite the company to bid on the

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Public holidays costing business hundreds of millions – Bulgarian chamber of commerce

May 5, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Public holidays are costing Bulgarian companies hundreds of millions of leva in losses, the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry

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EU unemployment 9.8% in March 2015, 10.4% in Bulgaria

April 30, 2015May 4, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Unemployment in Bulgaria in March 2015 was 10.4 per cent, down from 12.1 per cent in March 2014, according to

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Optimism about Bulgaria’s business climate improved in April 2015 – statistics institute

April 30, 2015May 4, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Improved expectations in Bulgaria’s construction and retail trades pushed up the overall business climate indicator in April 2015 by 2.5

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Bulgarian Cabinet approves draft agreement to update tax treaty with Romania

April 23, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Romania

Bulgaria’s Cabinet has approved a draft proposal to update the memorandum on avoiding double taxation and tax avoiding with Romania,

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Greek crisis poses no threat to Bulgarian lenders – central bank

April 20, 2015April 22, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Bulgarian banks were not at risk to suffer any negative fallout from a crisis in Greece, the Bulgarian National Bank

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FDI in Bulgaria in January-February was 128.2M euro

April 17, 2015April 17, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first two months of the year stood at 128.2 million euro, the equivalent

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Bulgaria competition watchdog opens investigation of Uber service in Sofia

April 15, 2015April 15, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) said on April 15 that it opened a formal investigation into the operations

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EC lodges anti-trust complaint against Google over comparison shopping, investigates Android mobile operating system

April 15, 2015April 15, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission

The European Commission (EC) said on April 15 that it had sent a statement of objections to Google outlining the

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