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EasyJet to launch Sofia-Berlin flights in March 2013

November 1, 2012November 1, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Budget airline EasyJet said on November 1 that it would begin operating four weekly flights between Sofia and Berlin starting

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France’s Areva out of the bidding for Czech nuclear plant expansion

November 1, 2012May 22, 2013 Daniel Bardsley for The Prague Post energy

Areva has promised to take legal action after ČEZ rejected the French conglomerate’s appeal against its exclusion from the tender

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Putin spokesperson confirms delay in visit to Bulgaria

November 1, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Vladimir Putin’s spokesperson has confirmed that the Russian president’s planned visits to Turkey and Bulgaria have been pushed back to

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Bulgaria Business News 

Bulgaria to hold nuclear referendum on January 27 2013

October 31, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev set January 27 2013 as the date for the referendum on the future of nuclear energy

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Youth unemployment in Bulgaria worsens to close to 30 per cent in September 2012 – Eurostat

October 31, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Youth unemployment in Bulgaria was 29.7 per cent in September 2012, up from 23.8 per cent a year earlier, according

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October 2012 sees economic, business sentiment down in euro zone

October 30, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Economic sentiment declined further in the euro zone in October 2012, as did business sentiment, going by European Union statistics.

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Bulgaria Business News 

Bulgaria’s Sunny Beach resort had 7% increase in visitors in summer 2012, company says

October 30, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Black Sea resort of Sunny Beach (Slunchev Bryag) closed the summer 2012 summer season with a seven per cent

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Bulgaria Business News 

Putin to visit Bulgaria in December, not November – report

October 30, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Russian president Vladimir Putin will visit Bulgaria in December, not on November 9 as previously expected, public broadcaster Bulgarian National

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Surprise performer: forint gains most on dollar

October 30, 2012October 30, 2012 The Budapest Times

The forint has become the strongest performing currency worldwide in the past 12 months (from 15 October 2011), in relation

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