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Smoke and mirrors – tourism and the Olympics

July 23, 2012July 23, 2012 Mark Thomas

May 26 2012 was just another sporting Saturday in London; a football play off with 60 000 spectators in attendance

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Business Europe 

Drop in suspected fraud against EU funds

July 19, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Fraud affecting the EU budget fell by 35 per cent in 2011, according to the European Commission’s annual report on

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The ins and outs of the EU banking pact

July 19, 2012May 22, 2013 Adela Zabrazna for The Prague Post

Since its introduction in May by European Commission President José Manuel Barroso, the concept of an EU-wide banking union remains

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EC welcomes OECD report showing revival of tourism industry

July 19, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

International tourism arrivals have returned rapidly to steady growth, showing tourism’s resilience to the effects of the global economic and financial crisis, according to a

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Business Europe News 

IMF: Euro zone crisis at ‘critical stage’

July 19, 2012May 22, 2013 VOANews

The International Monetary Fund says the eurozone’s debt crisis has reached a “critical stage,” and that European leaders need to

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Business News World 

75% of people in the world have access to mobile phones – World Bank

July 18, 2012July 18, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

About three-quarters of the world’s inhabitants now have access to a mobile phone and the mobile communications story is moving

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Business News World 

Interpol Global Register, enabling checking for fakes, unveiled at Google Ideas INFO summit

July 18, 2012July 18, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

People will able to use mobile phones or other devices with internet connections to check whether goods are fake or

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Bulgaria Business News 

Fitch confirms Bulgaria’s long-term local, foreign currency ratings as stable

July 18, 2012July 18, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Rating agency Fitch has confirmed Bulgaria’s long-term foreign currency issuer default rating (IDR) at BBB- and its long-term local currency

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Business Europe News 

European Commission could hit Microsoft with heavy fine over web browser choice

July 17, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Commission has opened proceedings against Microsoft in order to investigate whether the company has failed to comply with

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