EU winter forecast raises Bulgaria 2013 growth estimate to 0.6%
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
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
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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‘Third Platform’ to be discussed at IDC Predictions 2014 conference in Sofia
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
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
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
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
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
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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