Russia summons Bulgarian ambassador over UN Secretary-General candidacy
Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov summoned Bulgarian ambassador Boiko Kotsev for talks on September 12, with the two discussing “some
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Month: September 2016
Putin’s gamble on Russia’s Duma elections
The forthcoming Duma elections are the first of the new, post-Crimean annexation era and the first elections since 2003 to
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Europol: Trends in migrant smuggling into Europe changing
Between early 2015 and the summer of 2016, the picture of migrant smuggling to and within the EU has undergone
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Clarity awaited in Bulgaria’s Bokova – Georgieva UN chief nomination drama
Two days after reports that Bulgaria’s European Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva would emerge as a candidate to be the next United
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Bulgaria Environment Ministry to fine Montupet plant in Rousse
Bulgaria’s Environment Ministry will issue a 500 000 leva, or about 255 600 euro, fine to the plant owned by
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Bulgaria’s exports to other EU countries 3.7% up in H1 2016 – NSI
Bulgaria’s exports to other European Union countries were 3.7 per cent higher in January to June 2016 than in the
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Left-leaning People’s Coalition in Croatia slightly in the lead
An initial exit poll in Croatia’s parliamentary election Sunday indicates that the left-leaning Social Democrats and their People’s Coalition were
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Earthquake of 5.2 on Richter Scale in Macedonia felt in Bulgarian towns
An earthquake of 5.2 on the Richter Scale, six km east of Macedonia’s capital Skopje on September 11, was felt
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Possible Georgieva UN candidacy irks Russia, Bokova camp
The possibility that Bulgaria’s European Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva will be named as a candidate United Nations Secretary-General has led to
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