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Slowdown in emerging economies could be a drag on global growth – OECD

March 12, 2014March 14, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Recovery is under way in the world’s advanced economies, underpinned by supportive financial conditions and reduced drag from budgetary tightening,

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Piraeus Port privatisation process begins

March 6, 2014March 6, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

The process of the privatisation of the Piraeus Port Authority (OLP) will formally get underway on March 7 2014, with

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Bulgaria records 0.9% economic growth in 2013

March 5, 2014March 7, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Eurostat, macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s economy grew by 0.9 per cent last year, based on preliminary data, the country’s National Statistics Institute (NSI) said

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Bulgarian business climate unchanged m/m in February 2014 – NSI

February 28, 2014February 28, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgaria’s business climate indicator in February 2014 was largely unchanged from that in January, according to the National Statistical Institute

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Lego is filling even more stockings

February 27, 2014February 27, 2014 Daniel Bardsley for The Prague Post Czech Republic

Lego saw its sales increase by 10 per cent in 2013, the company announced on February 27 2014 – meaning

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Belgium’s Delhaize Group to sell Bulgarian chain Piccadilly

February 27, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Belgian retailer Delhaize Group said that it signed an agreement with AP Mart on February 26 to sell its operations

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EU winter forecast raises Bulgaria 2013 growth estimate to 0.6%

February 25, 2014February 26, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission, macroeconomic indicators

European Commission’s winter forecast for the EU economy, released on February 25, predicted that the economic recovery in the bloc

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Slovakia: State’s telecom stake for sale

February 25, 2014 Beata Balogova of The Slovak Spectator Slovakia

The state already has a plan to sell its 49 per cent stake in a major telecoms operator, Slovak Telekom

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Amazon builds first logistics centre in Poland

February 25, 2014 The Warsaw Voice Poland

The cornerstone for the logistics center of Amazon, one of the world’s biggest online shopping companies, was laid on February

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