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“A great way to celebrate EU accession, don’t you think?”“A great way to celebrate EU accession, don’t you think?”
Joe Bates
15-Feb-2007
EU membership has cast a long dark cloud over the once thriving duty-free liquor business on the borders of Bulgaria and Romania. As border operators struggle to survive in the chaotic aftermath of accession, Joe Bates reveals that suppliers will inevitably turn their attention to the domestic market
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Bulgarians and Romanians had more reason than most to celebrate the New Year. The long-awaited entry of both Balkan countries into the European Union on January 1 2007 should lead........
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