Serbia ‘protects’ itself, limits migrant flow
Economic migrants from Macedonia cannot enter Serbia because Croatia and Slovenia had announced earlier they would not accept them, Serbian
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Author: Independent Balkan News Agency
Bulgaria’s stepped-up security includes cameras, plan for new rules for residence of foreigners
Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia is to increase the number of security cameras while Plovdiv has stepped up security at public
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FDI in Bulgaria in January-September 2015 was 1.1B euro
Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the nine months of the year stood at 1.1 billion euro, the equivalent of
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Increased security causes long queues of vehicles at Bulgaria’s border crossings with Turkey
Long queues of lorries and cars formed at Bulgaria’s border crossings with Turkey at the Kapitan Andreevo and Lesovo checkpoints
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Macedonia considers barbed wire fences to stop refugee influxes
State authorities in Macedonia are looking into the possibility of installing barbed wire fences on the Greek border. This decision has
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Bulgarian President: Europe has historic opportunity to invest in economic progress, political stability in the Balkans
Europe must use the historic opportunity to promote economic progress and political stability in the Balkans, Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev
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Greeks go on general strike; government edges closer to deal with quadriga
The first general strike since Syriza came to power for the first time last January will go ahead on Thursday
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Political row in Bulgaria over Ecumenical Patriarch continues
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I may find himself waiting a long time, perhaps forever, before he gets invited to visit Bulgaria
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Cyprus government satisfied with European Commission’s report on Turkey
The Cyprus government is in general satisfied with the contents of the European Commission report on Turkey, adding that it
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