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Poland’s recovery to strengthen later this year – Moody’s

July 22, 2013July 22, 2013 The Warsaw Voice Poland

Poland’s fiscal gap will widen to 4.4 per cent of GDP in 2013 before fiscal consolidation resumes in 2014 to

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FDI in Bulgaria in January-May was 505.4 million euro

July 17, 2013July 31, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first five months of the year stood at 505.4 million euro, the equivalent

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OECD foresees high joblessness through to 2014

July 16, 2013July 31, 2013 Lisa Bryant of VOANews

The Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development says joblessness will remain high in European and other developed nations next year, stalling

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New car sales in Bulgaria in June 2013 drop 8.9% year-on-year

July 16, 2013July 31, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

New car sales in Bulgaria in June 2013 added up to 1944, about 8.9 per cent less than in June

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Hellenic Postbank sold to Eurobank

July 15, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

The Hellenic Financial Stability Fund (HFSF) has picked Eurobank to buy the Hellenic Postbank, after a board meeting held over

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Bulgaria’s antitrust watchdog fines Mtel 440 000 leva

July 12, 2013July 31, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) said on July 12 that it has fined the country’s largest mobile carrier

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Fitch: Bulgaria facing possible gas supply interruption this winter

July 10, 2013July 31, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Gazprom’s decision to halt prepayment of natural gas transit fees to Ukrainian gas company Naftogaz until at least 2015 creates

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EU challenges Russia’s ‘recycling fee’ in WTO

July 10, 2013July 10, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission, Russia

The European Commission has said that it will challenge Russia’s “recycling fee”, a major point of contention in trade relations

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South Stream pipeline runs into delays in Bulgaria

July 8, 2013May 10, 2024 Alex Bivol South Stream

Gazprom’s signature pipeline project, South Stream, was behind schedule in Bulgaria, but company management remains adamant that the pipeline will

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