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Ukraine: government aims to harmonize legislation with EU norms so that businesses get new growth opportunities

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On August 12, Taras Kachka, Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine, Trade Representative of Ukraine, met with representatives of Ukrainian business, in particular the IT industry, to discuss the Government’s priorities in the field of digital transformation, harmonization of Ukrainian legislation with EU law and development of export potential. The meeting…

Bulgaria: 75,000 Bulgarians receive pension benefits from abroad

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Among the nearly 2 million Bulgarians to whom the National Institute of Social Security (NISS) pays pension benefits, there are 16,000 who live abroad. The largest number of Bulgarian pensioners currently live in Germany – 4,100. And only one of compatriots of retirement age has settled in South Korea and Iceland. Meanwhile, 75,000 Bulgarians receive…

Baltic States: countries investigate shocking electricity price surge

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The electricity market regulators of the Baltic States will investigate balancing price fluctuations recorded in the region last week, which have raised suspicions that some market participants may have violated European Union (EU) rules prohibiting manipulation of the electricity market. Regulators would examine whether the actions of market participants in submitting offers to the balancing…

Bulgaria: Avia wants to acquire Gazprom’s gas stations

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In Bulgaria, Uni Energi, the company behind the Avia gas station network, has submitted a request to the Commission for Protection of Competition to acquire Gazprom’s assets in the country. If approved, this acquisition would include 23 active gas stations, 13 parcels of land intended for new facility construction, and a light fuel storage site…

Ukraine: Energoatom reports another fire hazard at Zaporizhzhia NPP

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Dry reeds are burning at the site of the Kakhovka Reservoir, destroyed by the Russians, near the power units of the temporarily occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. This was reported by the Joint Stock Company “National Nuclear Energy Generating Company “Energoatom” on Facebook. “The situation at the ZNPP remains tense due to the incompetent management…

Ukraine: country approves revised strategy of financial sector development

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The Ministry of Finance of Ukraine, the National Bank of Ukraine, the National Securities and Stock Market Commission, the Deposit Guarantee Fund, and the Ministry of Economy, Environment and Agriculture of Ukraine have approved the revised Strategy of Ukrainian Financial Sector Development. The persisting high level of uncertainty due to the prolonged full-scale war requires…

Bulgaria: new home prices will rise amid eurozone entry and supply shortages

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The prices of new homes in Bulgaria are expected to increase by an additional 12-15% until the end of 2025, with a slowdown in growth to around 10% anticipated next year. This forecast was shared by Georgi Shopov, chairman of the National Association of Construction Entrepreneurs (NACP). Shopov pointed out that Bulgaria’s upcoming entry into…

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