Bulgarian PM Borissov calls on EU to lift visas for Turkey, to avert migrant wave
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov, disturbed by the danger of a wave of migrants and refugees crossing from Turkey into
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Day: August 26, 2016
Bulgarian nationalist newspaper becomes latest to cease publication
Bulgarian nationalist weekly Desant, owned by National Front for the Salvation of Bulgaria leader Valeri Simeonov and self-described as a
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Croatian election campaign spills over into Serbia
The latest statements by Zoran Milanovic, the leader of the Croatian Social-Democratic Party (SDP), have provoked harsh reactions in Serbia,
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Plovdiv prosecutors order burnt-out tobacco warehouses shored up
Prosecutors in Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv have told municipal and national authorities to organise emergency temporary strengthening of the Tobacco Town
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Sofia Restaurant Week in September 2016 – the menus
Excitement is building ahead of the inaugural Sofia Restaurant Week – and eager diners can now scan the menus online
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Bulgaria Now podcast: No smoke without fire
The fire that gutted historic former tobacco warehouses in Plovdiv is the talk of the town – and the country,
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The Balkan Blog: Will Britons ever be slaves?
When Britain first, at Heaven’s command Arose from out the azure main; This was the charter of the land, And
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Government leaves Macedonia at risk to beautify Skopje
This year the annual WorldRiskReport published by UN agencies focuses on logistics and infrastructure. Recent floods in Macedonia are a
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Poland’s PGNiG likely to suspend shale gas project
PGNiG gas giant failed to achieve satisfactory gas flow in latest shale gas test in Wysin, northern Poland, as maximum
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