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A regular monthly poll by Bulgaria’s National Statistical Institute (NSI) has found that managers held that the country’s business climate improved slightly in January 2017 in comparison with the previous […]
The leader of the Republic of Macedonia’s VMRO-DPMNE party, Nikola Gruevski, could not manage to form a new government by the January 29 deadline, after being mandated 20 days earlier […]
Protesting Greek farmers intend further temporary blockages of border checkpoints with Bulgaria, reports on January 30 said. Each shutdown is planned to last for about 30 minutes, according to a […]
Bulgarian centre-right coalition the Reformist Bloc held its first congress on January 28 2017, with just less than two months to go to the country’s early parliamentary elections, and against […]
Greek farmers used tractors to block the Promachonas – Kulata border checkpoint with Bulgaria on January 28, public broadcaster Bulgarian National Radio reported. In spite of the stepped-up presence of […]
More than 7000 refugees and migrants have been stranded in Serbia since neighbouring countries closed their borders. Many are spending what money they have left on people smugglers. Smugglers are […]
Turkey has threatened to cancel a migrant readmission deal with Greece after Greece’s Supreme Court rejected a request from Turkey for the extradition of eight senior servicemen who fled the […]
Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov played some of the best tennis of his career, showcasing his improved form to start 2017, but fell short in his bid to reach his first Grand […]
Greek police foiled on January 27 attempts by protesting farmers from villages near the Promachonas – Kulata checkpoint to move their tractors to block the border checkpoint between Greece and […]
Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry said that on International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2017, it was honouring the memory of diplomats who intervened to save Jews from being sent to Nazi death camps […]
