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Bulgaria ‘regrets’ EU ministers’ delay on decision on accession talks with North Macedonia, Albania

June 19, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Albania, Macedonia

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva said on June 18 that she regrets that it had not been possible for EU

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United Arab Emirates opens embassy in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia

June 14, 2019June 17, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) officially opened an embassy in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia on June 14 2019, after Bulgaria

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Bulgaria, Greece start European project to deal with flood risks in cross-border area

June 13, 2019June 15, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Bulgaria and Greece are launching a European Union-funded project to jointly deal with flood risks in districts adjoining the countries’

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Bulgaria among 13 EU countries urging faster EU integration of Western Balkans

June 11, 2019June 11, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Albania, Macedonia

Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva, together with the ministers of 12 other EU member

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Bulgaria’s exports in January-April 2019 up 9.5% on annual basis

June 11, 2019June 13, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

The total value of all goods exported from Bulgaria in January to April 2019 was 9.5 per cent higher than

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History remains touchy issue between Bulgaria and North Macedonia

June 10, 2019June 13, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

Personalities in the shared histories of Bulgaria and the Republic of North Macedonia remain a sensitive issue and some disagreements

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Post-election acrimony in Bulgarian Socialist Party in run-up to congress

June 9, 2019June 12, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Kornelia Ninova

The weekend of a meeting of the national council of the Bulgarian Socialist Party saw further open criticism of party

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Bulgarian PM tables bill to cut state subsidies for political parties to lev per vote

June 6, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s government has tabled in the National Assembly a bill that, if approved, would cut state

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Bulgarian PM Borissov: Tax policy will not change

June 5, 2019June 5, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has pledged that his country’s tax policy will not change, while hitting out at proposed

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