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Corpbank crisis will spur bad business loans in Bulgaria – report

October 3, 2014October 3, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency CCB affair

The proportion of non-performing business loans in Bulgaria, which in 2013 added up to 19 per cent, could rise above

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Europe 

Macedonia’s foreign debt in H1 2014 was 5.7 billion euro

October 2, 2014October 2, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

Macedonian National Bank said on October 2 that foreign debt in the first six months of 2014 was 5.7 billion euro or 71.66

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Europe 

Russia cuts gas supplies to Romania while investigation hits Lukoil subsidiary

October 2, 2014October 2, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Romania, Russia

Romanian officials scrambled to assure Romanians there will not be any sort of problems concerning gas supplies over the winter

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s election commission penalises ‘Turkish’ party for campaigning in Turkish

October 2, 2014October 3, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Bulgarian election 2014

Three members of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (the MRF), the party led and supported in the main by

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Europe 

Archaeology: The Caryatids were close to four metres high

October 1, 2014October 1, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency archaeology, Greece

The KH’ Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities is continuing its archaeological research in the tomb complex in the hill

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian populist BWC party blocks Turkish border

October 1, 2014October 1, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Bulgarian election 2014, Turkey

Populist party Bulgaria Without Censorship (BWC), led by former talk show host Nikolai Barekov, blocked the country’s three border checkpoints

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: New wave of asylum-seekers has started, but country is prepared, refugee agency says

September 30, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Syrian refugees

A new wave of refugees entering Bulgaria has already started, but the country is prepared to cope, according to the

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Europe 

RAF jets fly for fifth time from Cyprus and the government asks for protection

September 30, 2014September 30, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Cyprus

RAF jets have flown for the fifth time on Monday from the British Sovereign Base in Akrotiri, Cyprus, since the

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World 

Turkish tanks take up positions at the Syrian border

September 30, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Turkey

The situation at Turkey’s border with Syria is tense, with the Jihadists continuing their advance to the town of Kobani. Dozens

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