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Day: May 17, 2017

Bulgaria 

Bulgarian ‘Nazi salute’ deputy minister resigns after two days in office

May 17, 2017May 19, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Valeri Simeonov

Bulgarian Deputy Minister of Regional Development Pavel Tenev resigned on May 17, two days after his appointment, after a furore

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Bulgaria 

Brexit: Bulgaria wants protection for residence, health and pension rights of EU citizens in the UK

May 17, 2017May 19, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Brexit

Bulgaria wants protection of acquired rights of EU citizens and their families in the UK after Brexit, according to a

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Europe 

Zaev is mandated to form a new government in Macedonia

May 17, 2017May 17, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

President of Macedonia Gjorge Ivanov mandated today the leader of SDSM, Zoran Zaev to form a new government. Ivanov said that

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Bulgaria 

Political row in Bulgaria over new nationalist deputy minister’s ‘Nazi salute’ photo

May 17, 2017May 18, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Valeri Simeonov

The opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party has expressed outrage that recently-appointed deputy minister of public works Pavel Tenev, a nominee of

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Bulgaria 

Household income in Bulgaria up by 3.5 per cent in first quarter of 2017 – NSI

May 17, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

The total income average per household member in Bulgaria during the first quarter of 2017 was 1281 leva (about 655

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