Bulgaria annual CPI down to 0.5% deflation in November
Bulgaria’s annual consumer price index (CPI) recorded 0.5 per cent deflation in November 2016, down from 0.6 per cent a
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Month: December 2016
Romanian left return to power in triumphant comeback
One year after exiting the political scene amidst scandal and unrest, Romania’s center-left Social Democratic Party (PSD) staged a major
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Early results in Macedonia elections prove inconclusive
Both the incumbent VMRO-DPMNE and opposition Social Democrats announced they were victorious in Macedonia’s election on Sunday. The Macedonian State
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Polls close in Macedonia’s parliamentary election: Narrow difference between parties
Polling stations in the Republic of Macedonia closed at 7pm and the Central Election Commission has considered the electoral process a
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Death toll in Bulgaria’s Hitrino explosion rises to eight
The number of dead as a result of the gas transporter train explosion in the north-eastern Bulgarian village of Hitrino
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Hitrino disaster revives issue of rail safety in Bulgaria
While official investigations are still proceeding into the cause of the gas transport train blast that brought death and destruction
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Bulgarian Foreign Ministry: Probability of terrorist attacks in Turkey remains high
Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry called on December 11 for the country’s citizens to postpone planned trips to Turkey unless absolutely necessary,
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Bulgarian Red Cross starts fund-raising campaign to assist victims of Hitrino gas explosion
The Bulgarian Red Cross launched on December 11 a fund-raising campaign to assist victims of the gas explosion disaster in
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Hitrino tragedy: Because of day of national mourning, Bulgarian President postpones handing of mandate to form government
Bulgarian head of state President Rossen Plevneliev has postponed the handing over of an exploratory mandate to form a government
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