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Struma motorway stretch delayed by four months to July 2014

September 17, 2013September 17, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff motorways

The stretch of Struma motorway between Sandanski and Koulata in southwestern Bulgaria will be finished four months behind schedule, the

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New car sales in Bulgaria slump 4.4% year-on-year

September 17, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Sales of new car sales in Bulgaria added up to 12 905 from January to August 2013, about 4.4 per cent

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EC denies rift with Bulgaria on EU funds management – report

September 16, 2013September 16, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission

The European Commission has denied that it was at odds with Bulgarian authorities on the issue of how Sofia should

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Bulgarian PM says hopeful for ‘minimum damages’ from Belene lawsuit

September 13, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Belene, Plamen Oresharski

Bulgarian Prime Minister Plamen Oresharski said on September 13 that he was confident that Bulgaria’s legal counsel “will do everything

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Bulgarian financial watchdog asks prosecutors to investigate former ministers

September 13, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The chairperson of Bulgaria’s Financial Supervision Commission (FSC), Stoyan Mavrodiev, has said that the regulator has asked prosecutors to investigate

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Bulgaria reports annual deflation of 0.7% in August

September 12, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s consumer price index shrank for a sixth consecutive month in August, pushing the annual figures to show 0.7 per

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Bulgaria, EC clash brewing on EU funds management – report

September 12, 2013September 12, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission

The European Commission has asked Bulgaria to streamline its EU funds management, a request that the government in Sofia does

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Greek banks looking to cut staff by 5000 by the end of the year

September 12, 2013February 11, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Following the success of Piraeus Bank’s voluntary redundancy scheme, to which nearly 2200 employees agreed – representing 12 per cent

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Liquidation of ‘bad banks’ in Slovenia under question

September 10, 2013September 10, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Slovenia

Slovenian business daily newspaper Finance says in Monday’s commentary there are several major questions open in the wake of the

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