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Port of Piraeus and 14 airports to be sold

March 30, 2015March 30, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

The divestiture of the port of Piraeus to individuals is one of the reforms proposed by the Greek government to

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Bulgaria business climate rises in March

March 27, 2015March 27, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Managers’ outlook on the business climate in Bulgaria improved for a third consecutive month in March, rising by 0.9 percentage

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Bulgaria asks Westinghouse to take up 49% stake in Kozloduy nuclear reactor

March 26, 2015March 31, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff energy, nuclear

Bulgaria’s Cabinet has asked US nuclear firm Westinghouse Electric to join the proposed expansion of the Kozloduy nuclear power plant

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Sofia court appoints interim receivers at Corporate Commercial Bank

March 25, 2015March 31, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Sofia City Court appointed two interim bankruptcy receivers at the Corporate Commercial Bank (CCB) on March 25, only hours after

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Bulgaria, UK to update double-taxation treaty

March 25, 2015March 31, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Cabinet approved on March 25 the draft of the updated treaty with United Kingdom on avoiding double taxation of

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Uncertainty clouds proposed deal for Bulgaria’s Vivacom

March 24, 2015March 31, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

The first news conference by a group of investors planning to buy several Bulgarian companies, including a minority stake in

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Finding markets, developing connections: Bulgaria takes on Prowein

March 23, 2015May 10, 2024 Magdalena Rahn

Prowein, a very international trade show for wines and spirits, is swiftly and only slightly subtly taking the foreground as the

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EC says Bulgarian Energy Holding abusing gas market dominant position

March 23, 2015March 25, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff energy

The European Commission said on March 23 that its investigation of the Bulgarian Energy Holding (BEH), the umbrella corporation for

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Bulgarian competition watchdog fines biscuit-maker for false advertising

March 23, 2015March 24, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Grigor Dimitrov

Bulgaria’s Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) said on March 23 that it has fined Mondelez Bulgaria Holding 236 400

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