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Bulgaria reports negative trade balance with EU, third countries

June 9, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria reported a negative foreign trade balance of more than 1.1 billion leva with other European Union countries for January

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Lithuania ready to adopt euro, Bulgaria still falls short – EC convergence report

June 4, 2014June 6, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff euro zone, European Commission, Lithuania

The European Commission released its latest euro area convergence report on June 4, assessing the readiness of EU member states

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EC opens infringement proceedings against Bulgaria over South Stream

June 3, 2014June 5, 2014 Alex Bivol energy, European Commission, South Stream

The European Commission has formally launched infringement proceedings against Bulgaria over its choice of a contractor to build the land

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Bulgaria state utility NEK posts record loss in 2013 – report

June 2, 2014June 3, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency energy

Bulgaria’s state electricity utility NEK posted a loss of 338 million leva (about 172.8 million euro) in 2013, mass circulation

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Bulgarian regulator approves major newspaper sale deal

June 1, 2014June 2, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Media

Bulgaria’s Commission on Protection of Competition (CPC) has ruled to allow the sale of seven newspaper-publishing companies from New Bulgarian

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Bulgarian regulator asks for lower electricity prices from US-owned power plants

May 30, 2014May 30, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency energy

Bulgaria’s State Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (SEWRC) has asked state-owned electricity utility NEK to begin talks with two coal-powered

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Bulgaria competition watchdog fines Veolia unit 4.8M leva

May 29, 2014May 29, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) said on May 29 that it fined Sofiyska Voda, the water utility in

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Bulgaria economic environment stable, political risks high – French chamber of commerce

May 29, 2014May 30, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgaria offered investors a stable economic environment, but with significant social and political risks, the first edition of a survey

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Business climate in Bulgaria up, economic sentiment in EU stable – surveys

May 28, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

In May 2014, Bulgaria’s overall business climate indicator was 4.3 percentage points higher than in April, due to managers’ more

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