Bad weather could hamper gas tank clearance operation in Bulgaria’s blast-hit Hitrino village
Bad weather on December 13 posed a risk to plans to use special cranes to remove gas tanks remaining in
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Month: December 2016
Bulgaria’s 2016 road death total already overtakes 2015 – and is highest since 2010
A total of 682 people have died in accidents on Bulgaria’s roads so far in 2016, according to official Interior
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Bulgaria’s political crisis: Reformist Bloc accepts mandate to try to form a government
Bulgaria’s centre-right Reformist Bloc accepted a mandate from President Rossen Plevneliev on December 13 to try to form a government.
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Macedonia’s elections: Gruevski’s VMRO-DPMNE wins 51 seats, opposition wins 49 seats
VMRO-DPMNE led by Nikola Gruevski has won the December 11 2016 elections in the Republic of Macedonia. The party managed
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Merkel: Germany ready to help Serbia and Croatia overcome disputes
The relations between Serbia and Croatia were discussed in Berlin on December 12, at a meeting between chancellor Angela Merkel and
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British community in Bulgaria joins efforts to aid people of blast-hit Hitrino
The British expatriate community in Bulgaria is being drawn in to help families of victims of the fatal explosion in
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Bulgaria’s exports to non-EU countries drop 10.6% y/y in January – October 2016
Bulgaria’s exports to non-EU countries were 10.6 per cent lower in January to October 2016 than in January – October
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Bulgarian government grants 10M leva to assist blast-hit Hitrino village
The Bulgarian government is granting 10 million leva (about 5.1 million euro) to assist the village of Hitrino, Prime Minister
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Close to 64% of Bulgarians have home internet, 7 of 10 use phone to access the net at home
About 63.5 per cent of households in Bulgaria had internet access at home in 2016, an increase of 4.4 percentage
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