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Spanish retailer Mango exits Bulgarian market – report

September 4, 2013September 4, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Spanish clothing retailer Mango has left the Bulgarian market, shutting down its stores in the country, mass circulation daily 24

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Global Competitiveness Index reflects improved world economy

September 4, 2013 Lisa Schlein of VOANews

For the fifth year in a row, Switzerland ranks as the most competitive country in the world. It is followed

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Bulgaria, Greece to open new border checkpoint at Makaza-Komotini

September 3, 2013September 3, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

The long-awaited border checkpoint between Bulgaria and Greece at Makaza-Komotini is scheduled to be opened on September 9, officials in

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Romanian company buys Croatian railway cargo

August 29, 2013August 29, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Croatia, Romania

Croatian railway company HZ Cargo is to be sold to Romanian investor Grup Feroviar Roman. The initial agreements have now

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Ikea to halt expansion in Bulgaria – report

August 29, 2013August 29, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Swedish furniture maker IKEA, which opened its first store in Bulgaria in capital city Sofia in 2011, has put plans

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Bulgarian-Serbian chamber of commerce established

August 28, 2013August 28, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Serbia

Trade and industry groups in Bulgaria and Serbia have banded together to form the Bulgarian-Serbian Chamber of Commerce and Industry

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Bulgaria’s business climate indicator unchanged m/m in August 2013

August 28, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s business climate indicator remained unchanged in August 2013 compared with July, which had been the first month this year

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Bulgaria expects good 2013 grape vintage

August 27, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

The 2013 grape crop in Bulgaria is expected to be of excellent quality, with a yield of about 250 000

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Slovakia’s economy grows slightly in Q2

August 25, 2013 Beata Balogova of The Slovak Spectator Slovakia

Slovakia’s economy in the second quarter of 2013 posted a 0.9 per cent growth on an annual basis, thus keeping the

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