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Unemployment in Bulgaria 4.5% in April 2019 – Eurostat

June 4, 2019June 4, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Unemployment in Bulgaria was 4.5 per cent in April 2019, down from 4.6 per cent in March and down from

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Poll sees Bulgaria business climate improved in May 2019

May 30, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency

A regular monthly poll by the National Statistical Institute (NSI) found the business climate in Bulgaria in May 2019 improved

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria jails migrant smuggler for 6 years over drowning in Danube of 6 Iraqis

May 28, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Refugees

A migrant smuggler has been sentenced to six years in prison by a Bulgarian court for causing the deaths by

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Europe 

Greek Prime Minister Tsipras calls early general election after MEP vote result

May 27, 2019May 27, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras revealed his intention to call an early general election, after the end of the second

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s European Parliament elections: Intellectuals call for ‘pro-European, pro-democracy and pro-liberal’ vote

May 23, 2019May 23, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Bulgarian European elections 2019

More than 500 intellectuals in Bulgaria have signed an open letter calling on voters in the May 26 European Parliament

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria, N Macedonia to co-operate in fight against human trafficking

May 22, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

Bulgaria’s Cabinet, at a meeting on May 22, approved a draft protocol on co-operation between the government of Bulgaria and

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Bulgaria 

Household electricity prices in EU ‘lowest in Bulgaria’ – Eurostat

May 21, 2019May 21, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency energy

In the second half of 2018, household electricity prices in the European Union were lowest in Bulgaria, at 10 euro

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Bulgaria 

FDI in Bulgaria shows 254.4M euro outflow in Q1 2019

May 20, 2019May 22, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first three months of the year recorded an outflow of 254.4 million euro,

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Business 

Economy Ministry: Trade between Bulgaria and South Africa reached $221M in 2018

May 16, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bilateral trade between Bulgaria and South Africa reached $221 million in 2018, with Bulgarian exports amounting to $178 million and

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