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Ecumenical Patriarch’s visit to Bulgaria ends with question marks over cancelled events

November 10, 2015November 11, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Bulgarian Orthodox Church

A visit by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I to Bulgaria ended with eyebrows raised as a meeting with Prime Minister Boiko

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Business 

Bulgaria reports increased exports but trade deficits continue

November 9, 2015November 11, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria has reported increased exports to other European Union and non-EU countries on an annual basis, but trade deficits continue.

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Bulgaria 

Metrojet crash: Bulgaria advises citizens against trips to Egyptian resorts on Sinai Peninsula

November 8, 2015November 10, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgarian citizens should refrain from trips to resorts on the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt, such as Sharm El-Sheikh, Dahab and

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Bulgaria 

Energy, regional security on agenda as foreign ministers of Greece, Bulgaria and Hungary meet

November 8, 2015November 9, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Greece, Hungary

Potential for further trilateral co-operation, especially in the energy sector, was discussed at a trilateral meeting between the foreign ministers

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Business 

Bulgarian consumer confidence in October 2015 higher than a year earlier

November 6, 2015November 8, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Bulgarian consumer confidence was largely unchanged in October 2015 compared with July 2015, the National Statistical Institute (NSI) said on

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Europe 

Government in Skopje to borrow 500 million euro

November 5, 2015November 5, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

By the end of 2015, the government in Macedonia will borrow 500 million euro. The debt is to be secured

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Europe 

Plevneliev: EU and NATO should see South Eastern Europe as a centre of geopolitical interests and policies

November 5, 2015November 5, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Nato, Rossen Plevneliev

The European Union and NATO should consider South Eastern Europe not as a periphery, but as a centre for geopolitical

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Bulgaria 

Parliamentary committee recommends agreeing to arrest of Siderov

November 4, 2015November 5, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Volen Siderov

A special committee of Bulgaria’s Parliament has recommended that the National Assembly agree to requests by the Prosecutor-General for the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria elections 2015: Parties challenge results in Sofia, Plovdiv, Varna

November 3, 2015November 4, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Bulgaria elections 2015, Plovdiv, Sofia, Varna

Political parties whose candidates lost in mayoral elections in three of Bulgaria’s largest cities are mounting various challenges to the

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