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‘Third Platform’ to be discussed at IDC Predictions 2014 conference in Sofia

February 24, 2014May 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

IT industry analysts are talking — for the third year — about the industry’s remarkable shift to its “Third Platform”

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Bulgarian central bank approves FIBank merger with Unionbank

February 19, 2014February 19, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

The Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) has said that it approved the merger of First Investment Bank (FIBank) with MKB Unionbank,

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A taste of Bulgaria’s wine market

February 14, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Apart from various VIPs plunging into vineyards to try their hand at vine-pruning, Bulgaria’s annual Trifon Zarezan celebration on February

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CCI and Cineworld cleared to merge movie theatre businesses

February 14, 2014February 14, 2014 The Warsaw Voice Poland

Polish cinema operator CCI, the largest cinema operator in CEE, and British movie theatre giant Cineworld got Poland’s antitrust body

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Greek shipowners investing big

February 13, 2014February 13, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

On the back of positive sentiment about the future, 2013 saw Greek shipowners placing a record number of orders, estimated

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Bulgarian Cabinet approves latest batch of red-tape cutting measures

February 12, 2014February 12, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Cabinet approved on February 12 the third package of measures meant to “reduce the regulatory burden” on the local

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Bulgarian government failing to live up to red-tape cutting promises – report

February 10, 2014February 14, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Deputy Prime Minister Daniela Bobeva was forced to defend on February 10 the Cabinet’s track record on efforts to

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Bulgaria’s exports to non-EU countries rose in 2013, but trade balance negative

February 10, 2014February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgarian exports to third countries – meaning those that are not members of the European Union – were 3.5 per

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Bulgaria Constitutional Court repeals 2012 tax law amendments

February 6, 2014February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court said on February 6 that the amendments to the tax laws introducing a single taxpayer account, passed

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