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Bulgarian Parliament calls for EU penalty proceedings against Greece over border blockade

February 19, 2016February 21, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Greece

Bulgaria’s National Assembly unanimously adopted a declaration on February 19 2016 condemning the Greek blockade of the two countries’ border

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Ahead of European Council, Bulgaria states position on migration, UK-EU

February 18, 2016February 19, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Europe migrant crisis

Bulgaria will take its seat at a February 18 and 19 European Council meeting that is to debate the UK’s

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Bulgaria 

FDI in Bulgaria in 2015 was 1.58B euro

February 17, 2016February 18, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in 2015 stood at 1.58 billion euro, the equivalent of 3.5 per cent of the

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Europe 

Eight years of independence, celebrations and protests in Kosovo

February 17, 2016February 17, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Kosovo

Kosovo celebrates on February 17 2016 its eighth anniversary of Independence, amid celebrations by the majority and protests by the opposition.

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Closed borders could result in large refugee camps on European soil

February 17, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Europe migrant crisis

The Norwegian Refugee Council warns against the closing of European national borders, as this could result in large and unsustainable

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Bulgaria 

Refugees ‘spend no more than a few hours in Bulgaria’ before heading to Western Europe

February 15, 2016February 17, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Europe migrant crisis

Refugees entering Bulgaria through the Turkish border spend no more than a few hours in the country, or at most

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Greek farmers return to roadblocks as government looks for way out of crisis

February 15, 2016February 15, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Following a weekend of protesting in the center of Athens, Greek farmers participating in the roadblock at Tempi Valley in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President calls for starting construction of European Energy Union from the Balkans

February 14, 2016February 15, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Rossen Plevneliev

The construction of the European Energy Union is crucial to deepening the European integration process and increasing the energy security

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Bulgaria busts group sex-trafficking women to Marseille

February 12, 2016February 12, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgarian Border Police neutralised an organised crime group that had been trafficking women for exploitation in Western Europe, mainly to

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