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Peripheral European property markets might offer better investment opportunities

December 23, 2013 Daniel Bardsley for The Prague Post

Investors are more cautious about prospects for an improvement in the property sector in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) than

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EU loses AAA rating from S&P

December 20, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Credit ratings agency Standard&Poor’s said on December 20 that it cut the European Union’s supranational rating from AAA to AA+

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CEE economies could return to fast growth: report

December 18, 2013February 11, 2014 The Warsaw Voice

Central and Eastern European countries have the potential to return to their pre-crisis economic growth rates—but they need to update

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EU annual inflation one per cent in November 2013 – Eurostat

December 17, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Eurostat, macroeconomic indicators

Euro area annual inflation was 0.9 per cent in November 2013, up from 0.7 per cent in October, EU statistics

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Shah Deniz 2 consortium green-lights gas field investment

December 17, 2013December 17, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff energy

The consortium developing the Shah Deniz gas field on the Azeri shelf of the Caspian Sea signed the final investment

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FDI in Bulgaria in January-October was 1.05 billion euro

December 17, 2013December 17, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first 10 months of the year stood at 1.05 billion euro, the equivalent

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Bulgarian railways BDZ begins ticket sales for holiday season

December 15, 2013December 16, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s state railways BDZ started selling tickets for the entire winter festive season on December 16. As a matter of

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S&P confirms Bulgaria’s BBB credit rating, downgrades outlook to ‘negative’

December 13, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Credit ratings agency Standard&Poor’s said on December 13 that it affirmed Bulgaria’s and short-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit

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Bulgaria reports annual deflation of 1.5% in November

December 13, 2013December 15, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s consumer price index shrank by 0.2 per cent in November, with year-on-year figure showing 1.5 per cent deflation, data

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