Category Archives: European Union

Information about issues of importance for the whole EU

Interesting Study on Economic Impact of Open Source Software

Posted on January 11, 2007 by Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски

Economic impact of open source software on innovation and the competitiveness of the ICT sector the EU – it was published today at the European Commission web site. You can download and read this quite useful report, 287 pages, prepared … Continue reading →

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EU Membership Comes With a Price; Some Bulgarian Companies Will Pay It.

Posted on January 1, 2007 by Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски

This time it’s the price Bulgarians pay for services and products from the European Union. A Bulgarian reader of the IT-news portal Portal.bg has published this information – Transaction date: 01-01-2007 11:30 – Product name: Skype Credit balance of EUR … Continue reading →

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Welcome to 2007, Welcome to the European Union!

Posted on January 1, 2007 by Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски

As of now, as of this second, Bulgaria is a member of the European Union! Congratulations to all of the Bulgarians, who contributed to this historical fact! Congratulations to all my friends and colleagues, who made this possible: – Ivan … Continue reading →

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Microsoft WindowsXP does not recognize some Bulgarian and Romanian characters in Times New Roman and Arial

Posted on November 16, 2006 by Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски

Microsoft Windows XP does not recognize some characters in Romanian and Bulgarian alphabet, we found from EU Commission sources. A specific Bulgarian character is missing from Windows XP’s fonts Times New Roman and Arial. This character is ?, (edited after … Continue reading →

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