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Critics slam Bulgartabac privatisation processCritics slam Bulgartabac privatisation process
1-Feb-2005
The attempt to sell Bulgaria's state tobacco monopoly Bulgartabac has attracted criticism after the government received only one bid, from British-American Tobacco (BAT)
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The privatisation is a requirement of Bulgaria's accession to the EU, but opponents in the Bulgarian government have claimed that the bid from BAT is ?incompatible with national interests?.
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