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Bulgarian Foreign Ministry: Political crisis in Macedonia raises serious concerns

March 22, 2015March 24, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

The internal political crisis in Macedonia, caused by revelations of human rights violations and mass wiretapped phone conversations,including of diplomats

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Bulgaria 

Sofia to Athens: Implement a drastic austerity programme

March 20, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said Thursday that “the time has come” for Greece to take his country as an example,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM: We will insist on financial support for the gas interconnector with Greece

March 20, 2015March 23, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Greece

Bulgaria will insist that the gas hub be included in the plans of the European Commission on financial support for

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Europe 

Romanian anti-corruption prosecutors seek green light to arrest former finance minister

March 20, 2015March 20, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Romania

Romania’s Anti-Corruption Department (DNA) has sent the country’s prosecutor-general a report in which it asks the top magistrate to notify

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Bulgaria 

Mixed views on prospects for Bulgaria’s summer tourism season

March 19, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency tourism

Bulgaria will have a very difficult summer tourism season because of an expected decrease in Russian and Ukrainian tourists, but

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Business 

Bulgaria can play key role in EU gas distribution – Foreign Minister

March 18, 2015March 20, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, South Stream

Bulgaria’s Foreign Minister has re-affirmed Sofia’s goal to play a bigger role in the European energy sector, despite the cancellation

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Europe 

Bulgarian, Austrian presidents back European integration of western Balkans

March 18, 2015March 18, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev and his Austrian counterpart and host in Vienna, Heinz Fischer, have stated the position shared by

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Business 

FDI in Bulgaria shows outflow of 16.4M euro in January

March 17, 2015March 17, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria showed an outflow of 16.4 million euro in the first month of the year, according

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Bulgaria 

IMF predicts slower growth, urges Bulgaria to fix banking ‘weaknesses’

March 16, 2015March 18, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency IMF

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that it expected Bulgaria’s economy to grow at a slower rate in 2015

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