US ambassador-designate to Bulgaria Rubin outlines priorities in video greeting
US ambassador-designate in Sofia, Eric Rubin, outlined his priorities in office in a video posted by the US embassy in
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Month: February 2016
FDI in Bulgaria in 2015 was 1.58B euro
Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in 2015 stood at 1.58 billion euro, the equivalent of 3.5 per cent of the
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Thousands say final farewell to Bulgarian football great Trifon Ivanov
Several thousand mourners attended the memorial service on February 17 2016 for Trifon Ivanov, the Bulgarian football great who was
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Eight years of independence, celebrations and protests in Kosovo
Kosovo celebrates on February 17 2016 its eighth anniversary of Independence, amid celebrations by the majority and protests by the opposition.
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Brakes on Bulgarian MP’s car tampered with
Police in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia are investigating after Reformist Bloc MP Martin Dimitrov said that the brakes in his
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Bulgarian government faces no-confidence vote over health care
Bulgaria’s National Assembly debated on February 17 2016 a vote of no confidence in Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s centre-right coalition
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Bulgarian lorry drivers continue border counter-blockade against protesting Greek farmers
Bulgarian freight carriers blocked traffic at the Kapitan Petkov Voivoda checkpoint at the Bulgarian-Greek border on February 17 in a
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Closed borders could result in large refugee camps on European soil
The Norwegian Refugee Council warns against the closing of European national borders, as this could result in large and unsustainable
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Migrant crisis deepens Europe’s East-West divide
The leaders of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia gathered around a cake this week in Prague, celebrating the
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