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Bulgarian – Greek border blockade ‘will lose tourist industry 50 million euro’

April 22, 2016April 24, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

If the blockade of the Bulgarian – Greek border planned by Bulgarian lorry drivers over the Orthodox Easter holidays goes

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Europe 

Huge embarrassment as Romania gets axed from Eurovision

April 22, 2016April 24, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Romania

Romania has been excluded from the Eurovision music contest over unsolved financial issues with the official broadcaster of the show.

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Europe 

Protests continue in Skopje

April 22, 2016April 23, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

Two massive protests were held on the night of April 21 in Skopje, with a strong police presence. On one hand

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Bulgaria 

Most Bulgarian political parties back burqa ban

April 21, 2016April 21, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency

Even before it has reached the stage of formal debate in committees and in the National Assembly, draft legislation tabled

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Bulgaria 

Eight officials at Bulgaria’s children treatment fund arrested

April 20, 2016April 22, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgarian police have arrested eight officials at the Health Ministry’s fund for treatment of children abroad, including the fund’s director

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Bulgaria 

International consortium to begin drilling for oil, gas off Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast

April 19, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency energy

The international consortium led by French energy conglomerate Total will begin drilling for oil and gas on Bulgaria’s Black Sea

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Bulgaria 

Plevneliev: ‘The next big idea could be born anywhere in Bulgaria’

April 19, 2016April 21, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgaria today is the centre of an actively developing innovation ecosystem and is a leader in a region with a

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Bulgaria 

FDI in Bulgaria in January-February was 81M euro

April 18, 2016April 20, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first two months of 2016 stood at 81 million euro, the equivalent of

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Europe 

11 public figures refuse Macedonian president Ivanov’s amnesty

April 18, 2016April 18, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

Eleven out of 56 politicians, officials and former government officials, heads of communes and party leaders have rejected the decision by

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