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Bulgarian tobacco producers foresee purchase price increase

September 25, 2012September 25, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian tobacco producers and traders are foreseeing purchase prices in autumn 2012 being 10 to 20 per cent higher than

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Van Rompuy sees loss of urgency on euro crisis

September 25, 2012May 22, 2013 VOANews

European Union President Herman Van Rompuy says the continent is losing momentum in trying to resolve its three-year debt crisis.

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Bulgaria’s 2012 reduced sunflower crop could hit exports

September 24, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s sunflower crop in 2012 is about 30 to 40 per cent lower than last year which could mean limits

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European farmers work to boost global grain supplies

September 24, 2012May 22, 2013 Selah Hennessy VOANews

There’s no need for panic over global food prices, the head of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization Jose

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Bulgarian Finance Ministry rejects reports of plan to tax deposit interest

September 21, 2012September 21, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry rejected as untrue Bulgarian-language media reports on September 21 2012 saying that the ministry was planning to

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Slow global growth to hit trade in 2012 and 2013, WTO says

September 21, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Slowing global output growth has led World Trade Organization (WTO) economists to downgrade their 2012 forecast for world trade expansion

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Bulgarian torrent site named in report to US congress on internet piracy

September 21, 2012September 21, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian torrent tracker site Zamunda has been named in a report to the United States congress by the working group

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China to continue supporting Europe’s recovery

September 21, 2012May 22, 2013 Al Pessin of VOANews

China’s premier says his country will continue to help Europe resolve its debt crisis, indicating Beijing will not stop buying

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Digital agenda commissioner Kroes pushes e-EU in Sofia

September 20, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

European Commissioner Neelie Kroes picked Bulgaria, a country with a spotty record in pursuing the European Union’s digital agenda, to

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