Bulgaria climbs in World Economic Forum’s 2012 global competitiveness report
Bulgaria has climbed to 62nd place in the World Economic Forum’s annual Global Competiveness Report, up from 74th place, beating
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Business
Free access to Bulgaria’s Commercial Register aids theft of companies, report says
Free access to personal data in Bulgaria’s Commercial Register is helping fraudsters to steal companies by changing their ownership, according
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Euro zone shoppers spend less on food, drink and tobacco, bringing down July retail sales figures
Consumers in the 17-member euro zone cut back on spending on food, drink and tobacco in July 2012, leading EU
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Bulgaria’s Cabinet to amend Investment Promotion Act
Bulgaria’s Cabinet was expected to approve, at a meeting on September 5 2012, changes to the Investment Promotion Act aimed
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France’s Hollande and Italy’s Monti call for economic growth to stabilise euro zone
French President Francois Hollande and Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti have called for urgent efforts to restore economic growth and
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Global youth unemployment worsening, ILO says
Unemployment rates among young people will get even worse globally as the spillover of the euro crisis spreads from advanced
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UN agencies call for swift international action to prevent repeat of world food crisis
Co-ordinated international action is urgently needed to prevent rising food prices from hurting tens of millions of people over the
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European Central Bank may buy bonds
The European Central Bank could act this week to buy the bonds of debt-plagued governments in the 17-nation euro currency
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European Commission opens antitrust investigation into Gazprom
The European Commission (EC) said on September 4 2012 that it had opened formal proceedings to investigate whether Gazprom, the
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