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2017.11.30

Lending growth inflates dangerous construction bubble

Highlights: - Growth in construction production slows slightly but remains significantly above the average levels for recent years - According to the EC, a bubble is forming in the construction sector, which is stimulated by cheaper mortgage lending - Consumer inflation continues to accelerate, inflation of manufactured goods remains unchanged - Industrial production ...

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The life and philanthropy of Ivan Denkoglu

Ivan Denkoglu

On November 30, 1781, Ivan Denkoglu (Ivan Nenov Denkov) was born. He is known as the "benefactor of Sofia" and is one of the great donors of education and science during the Bulgarian Renaissance. Denkoglu was born into a poor family of the tailor Neno in the Sofia village of Balsha. As a child he was a shepherd ...

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