IMF lowers economic growth forecast for Bulgaria
The International Monetary Fund has cut back its economic growth forecast for 2013 and 2014, seeing growth this year at
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Year: 2013
Bulgarian Border Police detain boat transporting illegal immigrants across Black Sea
Bulgarian Border Police detained a boat carrying 24 illegal immigrants, said to be citizens of Afghanistan, about eight nautical miles
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European Parliament calls for humanitarian conference on Syrian refugee crisis
The European Union should convene a humanitarian conference aimed at helping Syria’s neighbouring countries to cope with the still-growing influx
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Bulgaria’s Parliament rejects Ataka proposal to close borders to refugees
By an overwhelming majority in a vote on October 9 2013, Bulgaria’s Parliament rejected a motion by Volen Siderov’s ultra-nationalist
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Shale gas: new fracking projects must pass environmental test, European Parliament says
The European Parliament, adopting the first reading of an amendment to existing EU legislation, proposed on October 9 2013 that
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Peevski a no-show at Parliament day after Constitutional Court decision
Three hours after the start of the first sitting of Bulgaria’s Parliament on the day after the Constitutional Court ruling
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Dispute disrupts truck traffic at Turkish – Bulgarian border
A 25km-long queue of lorries formed at the Bulgarian – Turkish border checkpoint at Kapitan Andreevo on October 9 because
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Presenter’s cleavage stirs reactions in Turkey
The neckline of a female TV presenter during a show became the number one story in Turkey! Godze Cansu presented
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Turkey lifts longtime ban on head scarves
Turkey has lifted a decades-old ban on head scarves for female workers in state offices, ending a longstanding restriction that
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