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Soaring fuel prices prompt Bulgarian bus transport companies to mull price increases

August 23, 2012August 23, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Transport companies in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv region are considering a further increase in long-distance bus ticket prices because of the country’s

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Bulgaria’s taxi fares to increase, association says

August 23, 2012August 23, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Taxi fares will increase by about 20 stotinki (about 10 euro cents) a kilometre after not having been hiked for

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Bulgarian railways chief executive resigns

August 22, 2012August 22, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Yordan Nedev, the chief executive of Bulgaria’s state railways BDZ, has resigned citing the continued delays in the payment of

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Russian civil servants favour Bulgarian property – report

August 20, 2012August 20, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Russian civil servants with property abroad favoured Bulgarian real estate because of low prices and mild climate, business daily Vedomosti

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Bulgaria begins construction of gas pipeline to Romania

August 16, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria has started construction works on the gas pipeline that will link the country’s gas distribution network to that of

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Controversial Russian businessman charged with embezzlement in Bulgaria

August 15, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Denis Ershov, the controversial Russian businessman once declared a persona non grata in Bulgaria, has been charged with embezzling funds

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Bulgaria’s finance, health ministers clash on differentiated VAT

August 15, 2012August 15, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Finance Minister Simeon Dyankov and Health Minister Dessislava Atanassova remain on opposite ends of the debate concerning the introduction

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Businesses complain of power cuts in Sofia as utility renovates network

August 15, 2012August 15, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Businesses and residents in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia are complaining about what they say are lengthy and unpredictable power cuts

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Bulgaria’s economy grows by 0.2% in Q2

August 14, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s economy grew by 0.2 per cent in the second quarter of the year, a flash estimate by the European

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