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Rate of emigration by Bulgarians increases

September 10, 2014September 10, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency

The number of Bulgarians leaving the country is continuing to grow, according to the updated National Programme for Demographic Development.

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Bulgaria makes winning start to Euro 2016 qualifying campaign

September 10, 2014September 10, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency

A late goal from substitute Ventsislav Hristov gave Bulgaria a 2-1 win away against Azerbaijan in its first qualifying match

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Europe 

Greece’s lenders prepare for fresh loan and memorandum deal

September 10, 2014September 10, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Addressing a joint press conference in Athens with his visiting Portuguese counterpart Pedro Passos Coelho, Greek premier Antonis Samaras indicated

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Europe 

Serbian voices on referendum in Scotland

September 9, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Serbia

The latest polls which suggested a lead for the pro-independence camp ahead of the September 18 referendum in Scotland had its

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s security, child protection agencies investigating ‘illegal’ Muslim schools

September 9, 2014September 9, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency

The State Agency for National Security and the office of the Chief Mufti, spiritual leader of Bulgaria’s Muslims, have started

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Europe 

Greece to privatise 14 regional airports by the end of 2014

September 9, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

The management of 14 regional airports throughout Greece is set to be sold to private investors in the next two

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Bulgaria 

TV investigation finds illegal Koranic boarding schools in Bulgaria

September 8, 2014September 8, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency

Free-of-charge education in the Koran is being offered at unregistered Muslim boarding schools in Bulgaria, according to a hidden-camera investigation

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Bulgaria 

Emergency declared in north-western Bulgaria after new floods

September 5, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency floods

Two municipalities in the Montana district, in north-western Bulgaria, declared a state of emergency on September 5 after flooding caused

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Business 

Gloomy panorama for biggest companies of Central Europe

September 5, 2014September 5, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency

A deteriorating economic situation across Central Europe combined in 2013 with an increasingly uncertain geopolitical situation to drive revenue stagnation

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