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January 2019 poll: Bulgarian consumer confidence gained in past three months

February 8, 2019February 8, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency

A regular three-month survey by Bulgaria’s National Statistical Institute (NSI) has found that consumer confidence in January 2019 was 1.9

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President Radev hits back at Foreign Minister over Venezuela

February 7, 2019February 8, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Roumen Radev

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev has hit back at Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva and the country’s government over the Venezuela issue,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Foreign Minister criticises President over delayed ambassador appointments, Venezuela

February 7, 2019February 7, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Roumen Radev

In a television interview, Bulgaria’s Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva has criticised President Roumen Radev over his months-long delay in signing

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Europe 

Macedonia’s former PM Gruevski breaks his silence in a TV interview: ‘One day I will return’

February 3, 2019February 3, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Albania, Hungary, Macedonia

“One day I will return, I didn’t come here to live, but to take refuge from political persecution. I’m unjustly

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Bulgaria 

‘Be a soldier’: Bulgaria continues recruiting drive to make up shortfall in military

February 3, 2019February 5, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgaria’s Ministry of Defence said that its drive to get people to enlist in the military will resume on February

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Bulgaria 

Foreign ministers from Sofia and Skopje hold talks in Bucharest

February 1, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

Nikola Dimitrov, the foreign minister from Skopje, has expressed thanks to Bulgaria not only for the fact that it was

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Bulgartransgaz closes open season on Turkish Stream onshore extension

February 1, 2019February 1, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency energy

Bulgaria’s gas grid operator Bulgartransgaz has finalised the open season process for the planned expansion of the country’s gas transit

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Europe 

Greek Parliament to ratify Skopje’s Nato accession protocol next week

February 1, 2019February 1, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece, Macedonia, Nato

The protocol of the admission of the former Yugoslav republic as “North Macedonia” to Nato will be introduced for ratification

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Bulgaria 

Unemployment in Bulgaria 5.2% in December 2018, youth unemployment rose

January 31, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Unemployment in Bulgaria in December 2018 was 5.2 per cent, unchanged from November and down from 5.7 per cent in

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