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Day: April 16, 2018

Europe 

European Commission expected to recommend the opening of negotiations with Albania

April 16, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Albania

Albania is expecting to receive a positive recommendation on April 17 2018 for the opening of accession talks with the

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Bulgaria 

Sofia Science Festival 2018: Futurist Roey Tzezana is coming…or rather, his robot is

April 16, 2018April 21, 2018 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Israel, Sofia Science Festival

Normally, in writing about the participants in Sofia Science Festival, each story is about a presenter who is coming. This

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Bulgaria 

In Priština, Bulgarian PM Borissov says resolution of bilateral issues is path to EU membership

April 16, 2018April 18, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria EU presidency, Kosovo, Serbia

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has expressed hope that the respective dialogues between Priština and Belgrade, and between Athens and

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President Radev: Military effect of air strike on Syria ‘negligible’

April 16, 2018April 18, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev, Syria

Bulgarian head of state President Roumen Radev has expressed a critical view of the US-led air strike on Syria on

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria annual CPI records 2.2% inflation in March

April 16, 2018April 17, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s annual consumer price index (CPI) recorded 2.2 per cent inflation in March, up 0.2 percentage points compared to a

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Europe 

Greece: Ferry route to link all Ionian islands for the first time

April 16, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece, tourism

Although it is not going to last forever, the first has been made. “A new ferry route that links all

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Bulgaria 

Traffic restrictions on central Sofia thoroughfare due to Metro construction

April 16, 2018April 16, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Major infrastructure works have become a routine cause of congestion in Sofia during the summer months in recent years and

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria in second place in the EU in births outside marriage

April 16, 2018April 17, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Eurostat

Close to two-thirds of the births in Bulgaria in 2016 were out of wedlock, putting the country in second place

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Europe 

Milo Djukanovic’s DPS claims victory in Montenegro presidential election

April 16, 2018April 17, 2018 Deutsche Welle Montenegro

Preliminary results indicate former Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic has won more than 50 per cent of the vote, thus avoiding

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