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Bulgaria to deepen co-operation with Romania, North Macedonia on the environment

May 15, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia, Romania

Bulgaria’s Cabinet, meeting on May 15, approved agreements with the Republic of North Macedonia and with Romania on aspects of

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Turkish ambassador tells Bulgarian Foreign Ministry his words were distorted by the media

May 13, 2019May 14, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Turkey

Turkish ambassador Hasan Ulusoy, at the centre of a controversy about his reported call to boost the teaching of Turkish

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s exports in January – March 2019 up by 8.9% on annual basis

May 13, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

In January – March 2019, the total value of all goods exported from Bulgaria amounted to 13 942.1 million leva,

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Bulgaria summons Turkish ambassador over reported call to encourage study of Turkish language

May 12, 2019May 13, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria European elections 2019, Kornelia Ninova, Turkey

Political controversy has erupted in Bulgaria over reported comments by Turkish ambassador Hasan Ulusoy calling on the state to encourage

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Bulgaria’s Tourism Minister: Sharp increase in tourists from Ukraine, UK, Israel in summer 2019

May 10, 2019May 13, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency tourism

There are significant increases in the number of tourists coming to Bulgaria for the 2019 summer season from Ukraine, the

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Business 

April 2019 poll: Bulgarian consumer confidence dropped in past three months

May 10, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency

A regular three-month survey by Bulgaria’s National Statistical Institute (NSI) has found that consumer confidence in April 2019 was 0.7

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s European Parliament elections: Radev, socialists accuse GERB of using state money to campaign

May 9, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria European elections 2019, Kornelia Ninova, Roumen Radev

A day after the Bulgarian Socialist Party lodged complaints alleging that Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s GERB party was using state

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EBRD sees Bulgaria economic growth at 3.4% in 2019

May 9, 2019May 10, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) said in its May 2019 Regional Economic Forecasts that it projects growth

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Bulgaria 

Romania hands over to Bulgaria 5 suspects in million euro telephone fraud operation

May 8, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency

Romanian authorities handed over five Bulgarian citizens, suspects in a telephone fraud group alleged to have cheated people of two

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