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Poll: Business climate in Bulgaria improved in January 2019

January 30, 2019January 30, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency

A regular monthly poll by the National Statistical Institute (NSI) found that the business climate in Bulgaria in January 2019

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria government politicians hit back at President Radev’s criticisms

January 29, 2019January 29, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Roumen Radev

Politicians from Bulgaria’s ruling majority, including the Speaker of Parliament and the Prime Minister as well as members of the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President Radev sees early parliamentary elections as inevitable

January 28, 2019January 28, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Roumen Radev

The question of early parliamentary elections is no longer a matter of if but when, Bulgarian President Roumen Radev told

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Bulgaria 

Opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party to begin deciding candidates for European Parliament elections

January 27, 2019January 29, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Kornelia Ninova

The opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) will open nominations on January 28 for its candidates for the country’s May 2019

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Bulgaria 

Eurostat: 32.8% of Bulgarians aged 30-34 have tertiary education

January 24, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency

In Bulgaria, 32.8 per cent of people aged 30-34 had a tertiary level of education in 2017, below the European

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria Justice Ministry proposes scrapping granting citizenship in return for investment

January 22, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgaria’s Justice Ministry is proposing amendments to the Bulgarian Citizenship Act which would scrap the possibility of obtaining citizenship through

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Bulgaria 

Health ministries of Sofia, Skopje sign co-operation plan

January 22, 2019January 22, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

Bulgaria’s Health Minister Kiril Ananiev and his counterpart from Skopje, Venko Filipce, signed a co-operation plan on January 22, setting

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Europe 

Tensions sky high as Greek parliament discusses Prespa Agreement

January 22, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece, Macedonia

As Greece’s parliament prepares to vote on January 24 on the Prespa Agreement which provides for the name of the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Foreign Minister urges implementation of European Commission’s action plan against disinformation

January 21, 2019January 21, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgaria’s Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva has welcomed the action plan against disinformation proposed by the European Commission in December, and

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