Fairfax-led group gets go-ahead to invest 1.3 billion euro in Eurobank
Greece’s banking system was handed a vote of confidence on April 15 as Eurobank was given the go-ahead for a
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National Bank of Greece shares plummet as capital increase plan goes ahead
National Bank of Greece (NBG) shares plummeted 12.13 per cent on April 14 as plans for the bank’s capital increase
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FDI in Bulgaria in January-February was 114.1M euro
Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first two months of 2014 stood at 114.1 million euro, the equivalent of
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Bulgaria annual deflation down to 2.3% in March
Bulgaria’s consumer price index shrank by 0.2 per cent in March 2014, but the year-on-year deflation fell to 2.3 per
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Negative trade balance as Bulgarian exports to non-EU countries dropped in January-February 2014
Bulgaria’s exports to third countries, meaning countries that are not members of the European Union, were 14.2 per cent less
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Greece returns to capital markets as bond sale is officially announced
The Greek finance ministry announced the country’s return to capital markets on April 9 2014, for the first time in
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Bulgarian MPs scrap early mortgage repayment fees
Bulgarian Parliament passed at second reading on April 9 amendments to the country’s Consumer Loans Act that ban banks from
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IMF re-affirms Bulgaria economic growth forecast at 1.6%
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) sees Bulgaria’s economy growing by 1.6 per cent this year, according to the latest estimates
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EU challenges Russia’s pork imports ban in WTO
The European Commission said on April 8 that it will challenge Russia’s ban on pork imports, imposed earlier this year,
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