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Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Bulgaria benefits from weakness of Greek economy

A 10bn aid package for Greece has been agreed the first was 110bn but why would businesses stay in the country?

Every time Akis Agorastos drives back over the border from Bulgaria to Serres, the northern Greek town where he was born, his blood pressure rises a little.

The shuttered shops, myriad "for rent" signs, derelict factories and empty streets fill him with gloom. "Anger and sadness overwhelm me," said the entrepreneur. "I grab the steering wheel a little tighter and feel my pulse rise.


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