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House prices in Bulgaria fell 2.2 per cent year-on-year in Q2 2013 – Eurostat

October 10, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

House prices in Bulgaria fell by 2.2 per cent in the second quarter of 2013 compared with the same quarter

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IMF: Global financial system faces major transitions

October 10, 2013 VOANews IMF

The International Monetary Fund says the global financial system is facing several difficult transitions as world economies seek greater stability.

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Bulgaria approves corporate income tax breaks for high-unemployment areas

October 9, 2013October 9, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Cabinet, meeting on October 9 2013, extended a scheme to give companies exemption from corporate tax in areas of

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Retail trade turnover in Bulgaria up 4.9% year-on-year in August 2013 – NSI

October 8, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Preliminary figures suggest that Bulgarians have upped their spending on clothes and shoes, and even food, drink and tobacco, but

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Google, Facebook carve out ‘Internet Empires’

October 7, 2013October 7, 2013 VOANews

The Internet is dominated by the two “empires” of Google and Facebook, according to researchers at Oxford University in England.

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Retail trade in Bulgaria rose 4.9% year-on-year in August 2013 – Eurostat

October 3, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Eurostat, macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria was among European Union states to see the highest increases in retail trade year-on-year in August 2013, at 4.9

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Bulgaria to issue 360M euro debt in Germany

October 3, 2013October 3, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry will borrow 360 million euro from German investors before the end of the year, with the Cabinet

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Bulgaria relinquishes preferred stock in BTC

October 1, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Government relinquished its preferred stock in former state fixed-line monopoly Bulgarian Telecommunications Company (BTC) at the shareholders meeting on

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Apple dethrones Coca-Cola as world’s most valuable brand

September 30, 2013 VOANews

Apple has unseated Coca-Cola as the most valuable brand in the world for 2013, according to Interbrand, a commercial consulting

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