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Bulgaria set to abandon civil service pension reform – report

June 7, 2012 Alex Bivol

Despite making the issue a priority ever since the current Cabinet took office, the Finance Ministry now appears unlikely to

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Bulgaria’s proposed 950 million euro bond issue clears Parliament committees

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

Bulgaria’s budget and foreign policy committees approved at a joint meeting on June 6 the Government draft bill for a

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Bulgarian economy flat in Q1

June 6, 2012May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s economy posted zero growth in the first quarter of the year, data from the National Statistical Institute (NSI) showed

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S&P rates Greek euro zone exit odds at one-in-three

June 5, 2012May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Greece

Credit ratings agency Standard&Poor’s has described the odds that Greece will exit the euro zone following the June 17 parliamentary

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Bulgaria Business 

Bulgarian Government mulls new rules on retail chains

June 5, 2012June 6, 2012 Hristina Dimitrova

Bulgaria’s Minister of Economy, Energy and Tourism, Delyan Dobrev, said on June 4 2012 that amendments to competition protection legislation

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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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Business Europe News 

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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