With the IMF in town and talk in Sofia of ending any further loans, attention shifted this week to the question of debt in general. The difficulty of finding a reliable method of calculating how the...
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Economic Update | The Kindness of Strangers: Bulgaria's Foreign Debt
22 Jul 2010
Economic Update | Down on the Farm
22 Jul 2010
Leaving the most difficult things till last has both pluses and minuses as a strategy for EU accession - as Bulgaria's government is now discovering. With the agriculture chapter due to be closed by...
Economic Update | Call Waiting
22 Jul 2010
Turkey's troubled telecoms privatisation took what appeared to be one step forwards and one step back this week, as a delay in the tendering process was balanced by some more positive news on the...
Economic Update | Paddling Downstream
22 Jul 2010
With the spotlight often firmly on Qatar's vast oil and gas resources, the country's current - and potential - industrial output can be easily overlooked. Nevertheless, industrial development remains...
Economic Update | Inflation Down, Unemployment Up
22 Jul 2010
With most analysts predicting that the IMF delegation currently in Ankara going through Turkey's books will likely leave this week pretty satisfied, these are good times for the country's government...
Economic Update | Of Splits and Speed-Ups
22 Jul 2010
These days are busy times for Bulgaria's parliament, with lawmakers promising to work extra shifts to bring the country's rule book up to European Union levels. Meanwhile though, a major political...
