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FDI in Bulgaria in January-July 2016 was 987.3M euro

September 16, 2016September 20, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first seven months of 2016 stood at 987.3 million euro, the equivalent of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s refugee centres are 93% per cent full

September 16, 2016September 20, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Europe migrant crisis

Ninety-three per cent of the capacity of the refugee centres in Bulgaria is filled, State Agency for Refugees head Petya

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Europe 

Vucic in Paris: Serbia cannot defend EU from migrants

September 15, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Europe migrant crisis, Serbia

The migrant crisis is not behind us, but in front of us, Serbian prime minister Aleksandar Vucic said after meeting

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s new co-ordination centre against illegal migration begins work

September 15, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Europe migrant crisis

Bulgaria’s co-ordination centre for combating illegal migration has begun work, the Interior Ministry said on September 15. The new unit

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Bulgaria 

EU presidents: EU should be symbol of freedom, not regulations and restrictions

September 15, 2016September 15, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Rossen Plevneliev

The European Union should not be associated only with regulations and restrictions, presidents from the bloc said at a meeting

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Bulgaria 

Plevneliev tells EU presidents: ‘Main goal not to let Europe fall into crisis of values’

September 14, 2016September 14, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian head of state President Rossen Plenevliev has told his EU counterparts that their main goal is not to let

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Europe 

Serbia may impose ‘more drastic measures’ against migrants

September 14, 2016September 14, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Europe migrant crisis, Serbia

Serbia’s minister for labour, employment, war veterans and social issues said on September 14 that he would demand from the government

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Bulgaria 

In Bratislava, Visegrad Four to call for assistance for Bulgaria to tackle migration

September 14, 2016September 18, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Serbia, Slovakia

At the September 16 summit of EU leaders in Bratislava to discuss the refugee and migration crisis, the Visegrad Four

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian government agrees tourism deal with Saudi Arabia

September 13, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency tourism

Bulgaria’s Cabinet approved on September 13 a memorandum on co-operation in tourism with Saudi Arabia, the government media service said.

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