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Total-led consortium to postpone drilling for gas on Bulgarian sea shelf – reports

December 16, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency energy

A consortium led by French oil firm Total has said that it would delay the start of drilling gas wells

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FDI in Bulgaria in January-October was 804.9 million euro

December 15, 2014December 15, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first 10 months of 2014 was 804.9 million euro, the equivalent of two per

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Labour costs in Bulgaria lowest in EU – Eurostat

December 15, 2014December 17, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Eurostat

Labour costs in Bulgaria were the lowest among the 28 member states of the European Union, according to a survey

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Bulgaria annual deflation speeds up to 0.6% in November

December 15, 2014December 17, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s consumer price index (CPI) shrank by 0.4 per cent in November, pushing the annual deflation figure at the end

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Bulgaria to offer free text notifications to company owners

December 15, 2014December 15, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Registry Agency will make its notification service for company and property owners free of charge starting January 1 2015,

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S&P cuts Bulgaria’s credit rating below investment grade

December 13, 2014December 17, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Credit ratings agency Standard&Poor’s has cut Bulgaria’s credit rating to ‘BB+’ with a stable outlook, the second downgrade in six

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Bulgaria’s Victoria Bank reopens for business

December 12, 2014December 15, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Bulgarian lender Victoria Bank, the subsidiary of the Corporate Commercial Bank (CCB) that was put under central bank administration in

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Bulgaria’s competition watchdog fines Ikea 347 500 leva

December 12, 2014December 12, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) said on December 12 that it has fined furniture retailer Ikea 347 500

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Russia-Turkey pipeline has economic, strategic motives

December 11, 2014May 10, 2024 Dorian Jones of VOANews energy, Russia, South Stream, Turkey

Russia’s decision to cancel a gas pipeline to Bulgaria in preference to Turkey is being heralded as an important victory

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