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Tsipras says creditors want to humiliate Greece

June 17, 2015June 17, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras addressed Syriza MPs in parliament on Tuesday to brief them on developments in negotiations with

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Business 

Bulgaria has lowest consumption per capita in EU – Eurostat

June 16, 2015June 17, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Eurostat

Bulgaria ranks lowest among European Union member countries in actual individual consumption (AIC) per capita, a measure of the material

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s capacity to host refugees ‘almost saturated’

June 15, 2015June 15, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgaria may receive this year more than 11 000 refugees and its capacity to host is almost saturated, State Agency

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Europe 

Orban threatens to close border with Serbia

June 14, 2015June 14, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Hungary, Serbia

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban threatened that his government would close the border with Serbia in order to stop the flow

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Bulgaria 

Borissov: Bulgaria strongly committed to gas interconnectors, especially with Greece

June 11, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Greece

Bulgaria is strongly committed to the construction of gas interconnectors, especially with Greece, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said at

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian citizenship granted to close to 3000 people since beginning of 2015

June 10, 2015June 12, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency

A total of 2953 people were given Bulgarian citizenship between January 1 and May 31 2015, according to Ministry of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to insist on revision of migrant quotas – government

June 9, 2015June 12, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgaria will insist that the migrant quotas proposed by the European Commission correspond to the capabilities and geographical location of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s foreign trade balance improved in January-April 2015, but still negative

June 9, 2015June 10, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s foreign trade balance in January to April 2015 came in at about 2.2 billion leva, more than 830 million

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Europe 

Five EU members under pressure to recognise Kosovo

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

Five European Union member states that have not recognised the 2008 unilateral declaration of Kosovo’s independence are under pressure to

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