OECD foresees high joblessness through to 2014
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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Business
New car sales in Bulgaria in June 2013 drop 8.9% year-on-year
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
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
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
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
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
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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World markets tumble on Egyptian turmoil, Portuguese uncertainty
Asian and European markets tumbled Wednesday on fears of continued Egyptian political unrest and uncertainty over the fate of the
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Romanian-Bulgarian trade ‘to surpass three billion euro this year’
Trade between Romania and Bulgaria is expected to total more than three billion euro in 2013, Bronislav Denev, economic advisor
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