Harsh winter, hot summer push up prices of Bulgarian grapes – and wines and rakiya
Bulgaria’s prolonged below-freezing winter temperatures at the start of 2012, followed by scorching hot weather in summer, mean lower grape
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Moody’s lowers ratings outlook for EU
Moody’s Investors Service on Monday lowered its ratings outlook for the European Union from stable to negative, as the bloc
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EC unveils plan to allow wireless technologies, including broadband, to share radio spectrum
The European Commission unveiled on September 3 2012 plans to deal with the exponential growth in mobile and wireless data
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Sofia’s new metro underground railway has positive effect on nearby property prices, real estate agencies say
The new Sofia metro underground railway line, officially opened on August 31 2012, has kept property prices in adjoining residential
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All shall be taxed: Coffee vending machines, parking and snack machines to be linked to Bulgaria’s revenue agency
Bulgaria’s National Revenue Agency has issued a reminder that by the end of October, all coffee vending machines, parking voucher
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Unemployment in EU was 10.4% in July – Eurostat
Euro zone seasonally-adjusted unemployment was 11.3 per cent in July 2012, stable compared with June, EU statistics office Eurostat said on August
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Severe droughts in Eastern Europe, US, send world food prices soaring
Global food prices soared by 10 per cent in July 2012 from a month ago, with maize and soybean reaching
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Sharp loss of consumer confidence key factor in drop in EU economic sentiment in August
The Economic Sentiment Indicator (ESI) decreased markedly by two points in the European Union in August 2012, to 87.0, and by 1.8
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Experts call for action as Europe’s crisis festers
Europe’s economic crisis has continued over the summer, while attention was diverted by the Olympics, the war in Syria and
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