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Day: September 13, 2016

Perspectives 

The Balkan Blog: The Gordons come to Bulgaria

September 13, 2016September 13, 2016 Patrick Brigham

People generally take a lot for granted, especially concerning ex-communist countries. They often think that by reading a particular rag

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Bulgaria 

Borissov in sideswipes over Bulgaria’s UN Secretary-General candidacy

September 13, 2016September 16, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Irina Bokova, Kristalina Georgieva

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said that if Bulgaria’s candidate to be UN Secretary-General had been nominated by his GERB

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian government agrees tourism deal with Saudi Arabia

September 13, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency tourism

Bulgaria’s Cabinet approved on September 13 a memorandum on co-operation in tourism with Saudi Arabia, the government media service said.

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Europe 

Luxembourg foreign minister calls for Hungary to be booted from EU

September 13, 2016 Deutsche Welle Europe migrant crisis, Hungary

Tuesday’s edition of Die Welt newspaper carried an interview with the foreign minister of Luxembourg, Jean Asselborn, in which he

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Bulgaria World 

PM Borissov: Bokova remains Bulgaria’s candidate UN Secretary-General

September 13, 2016September 15, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Irina Bokova, Kristalina Georgieva

Irina Bokova remains Bulgaria’s candidate to be the next United Nations Secretary-General, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said on September

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Border Police find would-be migrants drowned in Danube

September 13, 2016September 15, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Europe migrant crisis

Bulgarian Border Police have found the bodies of a man and a boy who drowned in the Danube River, part

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria annual CPI records 0.3% deflation in August

September 13, 2016September 14, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s consumer price index (CPI) shrank by 0.3 per cent year-on-year in August 2016, while the monthly data showed no

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Europe 

Amid outrage, EU Commission launches probe into Barroso’s new job at Goldman Sachs

September 13, 2016 Deutsche Welle

Jose Manuel Barroso, the former president of the European Commission from 2004 to 2014, is facing accusations that he has

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Europe 

Ukraine, Russia clash over upcoming Duma elections

September 13, 2016 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

As elections to Russian parliament, Duma, approach, Ukraine says it will not allow Russian polling stations on its territory –

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