Bulgaria’s FIBank makes sole bid for smaller rival – report
Bulgaria’s First Investment Bank (FIBank) made the only binding bid to buy smaller local lender MKB Unionbank, Bulgarian newspaper Kapital
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PayPal chief in CEE enjoys being a mobile manager
With the number of transactions it processed globally having jumped 22 percent last year, and with its revenues increasing 26
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Cyprus secures bailout from euro zone, IMF
Eurozone finance ministers and the International Monetary Fund have struck a deal to give cash-strapped Cyprus a bailout worth $13
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Bulgarian Ombudsman lodges Constitutional Court challenge to tax on bank deposit interest
Bulgarian Ombudsman Konstantin Penchev has asked the Constitutional Court to overrule provisions in the Personal Income Tax Act providing for
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Bulgarian annual inflation down to 3.6% in February
Bulgaria’s annual consumer price inflation fell to 3.6 per cent in February, breaking a three-month upward trend, data from the
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CEZ unit in Bulgaria appoints energy ombudsman
Czech firm CEZ said that it was creating a new corporate position at its Bulgarian subsidiary, the energy ombudsman, whose
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Poland may pursue both nuclear and shale gas projects – PM Tusk
Poland need not choose between investments in shale gas and nuclear power as the country can develop both, PM Donald
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Public donations prevent electricity being cut at Plovdiv’s St Marina church over unpaid bills
A day after controversial Bulgarian Orthodox Church Plovdiv Metropolitan Nikolai failed to auction off his luxurious wristwatch – attracting no
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EU full ban on sale of cosmetics tested on animals in force from March 11
The last deadline to phase out animal testing for cosmetic products in Europe entered into force on March 11 2013,
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