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In Bulgaria, country houses and first-floor apartments most sought after earthquake

June 4, 2012June 6, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Houses in rural areas and apartments on lower floors are most sought after inBulgaria, because people believe that such dwellings

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Business Perspectives 

Corporate finance: Subtle overcharging by financial institutions

June 4, 2012June 6, 2012 Les Nemethy

As the owner of a small or medium-sized enterprise (SME), and as an individual consumer of financial services, I am

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Bulgaria Business News 

Bulgaria to spend 16.7 billion leva to counter regional inequality

June 4, 2012June 6, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria will spend 16.7 billion leva over the next decade to erase the development inequality within the country and to

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EP committees ring death knell for ACTA in Europe

June 4, 2012May 22, 2013 Alex Bivol

Three European Parliament committees voted against the Anti-Counterfeiting Treaty Agreement (ACTA) on May 31, only a day after Dutch parliament

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Business News 

Belene plant profitable only with subsidies – think-tank

June 4, 2012May 22, 2013 Alex Bivol Belene, energy, nuclear

Bulgaria’s abandoned project to build a nuclear power plant at Belene on the Danube River can be profitable for a

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Bulgaria Business News 

Pavlova calls for compulsory insurance of private buildings

June 4, 2012June 6, 2012 Hristina Dimitrova

Lilyana Pavlova, Minister of Regional Development and Public Works, has suggested the introduction of mandatory insurance against natural disasters for

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Bulgaria Business News 

Bulgarian Parliament passes public-private partnership law

June 4, 2012June 6, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian MPs passed at second reading on June 1 the much-awaited Public-Private Partnership Act, which will allow the state and

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Business 

Kozloduy fund projects worth 120 million leva approved

June 4, 2012May 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Projects worth more than 120 million leva, submitted to the Kozloduy international fund, will be financed using EU funds, Bulgaria’s

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Bulgaria Business News 

Bulgaria to further cut mobile termination rates

June 4, 2012June 6, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Communications Regulation Commission (CRC) has received European Commission approval to further cut the ceiling on mobile termination rates, the

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