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Bulgaria's Agriculture Ministry to Introduce Tax on Uncultivated Land
An expert group will start working on tax on uncultivated lands by end-May, Bulgaria's Agriculture Minister Dimitar Grekov announced at a meeting with agricultural associations
The new tax seeks to stimulate owners to lease uncultivated lands to cooperatives and to local companies in order to utilize fertile agricultural lands.
Bosnia Entities Split Power Company Profits
The two shareholders in Bosnia's power distribution company, Elektroprenos, which are the country's two entities on March 31 agreed to divide up the net profit of the company - some 50 million euro.
The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina will get 58 per cent of the sum while the other entity, Republika Srpska, will get 42 per cent.
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Employment Rates in Bulgaria Up By 5% in 2018 – Social Ministry
More than 270,000 jobs will be created over the next few years, according to the medium and long-term forecasts of Bulgaria's Ministry of Labor and Social Policy.
Greece saw biggest rise in at-risk-of-poverty rate from 2011 to 2013, EC says
Greece saw the biggest rise in the European Union between 2011 and 2012 in terms of the proportion of its population that is at risk of poverty, according to the European Commission's latest Employment and Social Situation Quarterly Review, which was published on Monday.
Record Low Euro Inflation in March - Eurostat
Euro area annual inflation reached its lowest level since 2009 in March 2014, according to an estimate from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.
The latest data reveals a 0.5% inflation in March 2014, down by 0.7% in February, which is the lowest annual rate of inflation since November 2009.
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Property Sales On The Rise In Sofia
The first quarter of 2014 saw active property sales in Sofia, shows the data of Bulgarian Properties.
The sales of residential properties in Sofia rose by 15% year-on-year and inquiries rose by 30%, which could mean an increasing activity in the upcoming months.
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Serbia's trade grows over first two months of 2014
BELGRADE – Serbia’s total foreign trade in January and February of 2014 amounted to USD 5.2 billion, an increase of 9.2 percent compared to the same period last year, the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia (RZS) said in a release Monday.
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Dijsselbloem says EU to decide Tuesday on pace of Greek payouts
By Corina Ruhe, Nikos Chrysoloras & Rebecca Christie
Euro area finance chiefs will decide tomorrow on the amount and pace of Greeces next aid payments, Dutch Finance Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem said.
WB content with progress of transport projects in Serbia
BELGRADE - Officials of the World Bank have met with Serbia's Minister of Transport in the outgoing government Aleksandar Antic and said they are satisfied with the progress of projects meant to improve the transport infrastructure in Serbia.
The World Bank mission was in Serbia from March 17 to 28 and met with Antic at the end of their visit.
Greece’s bonds beat peers on route back to market
By Anchalee Worrachate
Greek and Portuguese government bonds beat their euro-region peers this quarter as the countries made progress toward returning to international credit markets.
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