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Poland: We do not need permission from Russia to modernise Bulgarian MiG jet fighters

October 15, 2015October 16, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Nato, Poland

Poland does not need permission from Russia to modernise the Bulgarian Air Force’s MiG-29 jet fighters because it is a

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM thanks Turkey for handling of refugees, expresses solidarity after Istanbul attack

October 14, 2015October 15, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Turkey

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has thanked Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for the help that Turkey has given Bulgaria

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria invests 102 million euro EU funds in SME initiative

October 13, 2015October 13, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency European Commission

The European Commission (EC) adopted on October 12 an Operational Programme worth 102 million euro from the European Regional Development Fund

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Europe 

Bulgarian leaders send condolences to Turkey after deadly bomb attack in Ankara

October 11, 2015October 13, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Rossen Plevneliev, Turkey

Bulgarian head of state President Rossen Plevneliev and head of government Prime Minister Boiko Borissov have sent cables of condolences

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Business 

Bulgaria reports 10.1% annual increase in exports to EU

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

Bulgaria’s exports to other European Union countries in January to July 2015 were 10.1 per cent higher than in January

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President: Moscow has put the Balkans at the centre of its geopolitical interests

October 8, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Rossen Plevneliev, Russia, Ukraine

The Balkans is where Europe must show that it has learned the lessons of the Ukrainian crisis, Bulgarian President Rossen

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Europe 

Opposition throws teargas in Kosovo parliament

October 8, 2015October 8, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Kosovo, Serbia

An opposition MP, Albin Kurti, threw teargas in the Kosovo parliament chamber on October 8 to try to prevent the voting

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Bulgaria 

Norway to close its embassy in Sofia

October 8, 2015October 8, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency

Norway is to close its embassy in Sofia in 2016, along with embassies in three other countries, the Norwegian foreign

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Europe 

European Commission: Hot-spots in Greece will be ready in two weeks

October 8, 2015October 8, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece, Syrian refugees

The European Commission estimates that in two weeks at most the refugee registration centres (hot spots) in Greece will be

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