The annual inflation in the European Union was 1.9% in March 2010, up from 1.3% a year earlier, data published Friday by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union shows. The EU monthly inflation was 0.7% in March 2010. In the Eurozone the annual inflation was 1.4% in March 2010, up from 0.9% in [...]
In January 2010 compared with December 2009, seasonally adjusted industrial production grew by 1.7% in the Eurozone and by 1.8% in the EU. In December 2009 production increased by 0.6% and 0.3% respectively. In January 2010 compared with January 2009, industrial production increased by 1.4% in the Eurozone and by 1.5% in the EU. The [...]
The President of the European Central Bank, Jean-Claude Trichet, has expressed a preliminary accord with the idea to establish the European analogue of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The news was reported by BBC Saturday, citing Trichet saying “We have seen the proposal. I would say it deserves examination.” German Chancellor Angela Merkel has already [...]
EU nations have decided to support a ban on international trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna until stocks recover. The bloc has agreed to back a motion for a ban during next week’s meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). The US has already given its support, but Japan – where most [...]
GDP increased by 0,1% in both the Eurozone and the EU during the fourth quarter of 2009, compared with the previous quarter. The data was published Thursday by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In the third quarter of 2009, growth rates were +0,4% in the Eurozone and +0,3% in the EU. Compared [...]
Bulgaria’s President, Georgi Parvanov, has congratulated the Presidents of Serbia and Montenegro on the occasion of the abolition on Saturday of the EU visa regime for citizens of Serbia and Montenegro. The Bulgarian President sent telegrams to President Boris Tadic of Serbia and to Filip Vujanovic, Montenegro’s President, according to the Presidential press center. In [...]
European Union finance ministers have agreed plans for a new Europe-wide system of financial regulation. The deal paves the way for the establishment of several new watchdogs responsible for supervising the financial system in all EU countries. Under the plans approved by finance ministers from the 27 EU members, three new supervisory authorities will be [...]
Bulgaria is one of only seven countries that escaped criticism from the EU as it was announced in Brussels that Bulgaria had respected the 3% of GDP limit. Thirteen members of the European Union have been told to take action and get their budget deficits back in line, the BBC reported. EU requirements mean that [...]
Bulgaria and another nine states from Central and Eastern Europe succeeded in agreeing on more beneficial terms with regards to climate change. That became confirmed by the close of the European Council in Brussels, announced the government press service. “It was a very difficult meeting. In the morning we had a working meeting with another [...]
Bulgaria has undertaken the “necessary steps” to notify its partners in NATO and the EU regarding the leakage of information from the National State Security Agency (DANS). The Chairman of the State Commission on Information Security, Tsveta Markova, informed that all Bulgaria’s EU and NATO partners have been informed about the information leakage, Bulgarian National [...]
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