Bulgaria reports increased exports to other EU countries, but trade balance still negative
Bulgaria’s exports to other European Union countries were 8.3 per cent higher in January to November 2015 than in January
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Month: February 2016
Plovdiv closes schools for rest of week to counter spread of flu
Plovdiv mayor Ivan Totev has announced that schools in Bulgaria’s second-largest city will be closed from February 9 2016 until
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Long queues of lorries as Greek farmers again blockade Bulgarian border checkpoint
A 12km queue of lorries formed at the Kulata-Promachonas checkpoint at the border between Bulgaria and Greece on February 8
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Romanian skier dies in accident at Bulgaria’s Bansko resort
A Romanian died in an accident in the ski zone above the Bulgarian winter mountain resort of Bansko on February
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Bulgarian police find bodies of two migrants frozen to death near border
Bulgarian police found the bodies of two women migrants frozen to death near the Malko Turnovo border crossing with Turkey
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Turkey’s triple disaster
As if the housing of 2.5 million Syrian refugees, a dangerous escalation with Russia, and jitters over a string of
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Turkey’s Kurdish fight complicates IS battle
Turkey’s complicated and controversial fight against Kurdish factions at home and in Syria is making its battle against the Islamic
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EU to Ankara: You must help refugees
European Union officials are urging Turkey to open a border crossing where tens of thousands of Syrian civilians arrived this
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Refugee crisis threatens European unity, UN official says
A senior United Nations official warned that Europe’s hardening attitude toward refugees and migrants is threatening the unity of the
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