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Bulgarian consumer confidence dropped in October 2018, three-month poll finds

November 7, 2018November 8, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency

A poll by Bulgaria’s National Statistical Institute (NSI) has found that consumer confidence dropped by 3.2 percentage points in October

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Europe 

In Greece, Church and State get a velvet divorce

November 6, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

The historic agreement between Greek Prime Minister, Alexis Tsipras, and Ieronymos II, the Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, means rationalisation

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Ombudsman takes to trains and buses after official car taken away

November 5, 2018November 7, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgaria’s Ombudsman Maya Manolova is set for a whistle-stop tour on November 6 on a train from Sofia to Varna

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Bulgaria 

Switzerland to remove labour market restrictions on Bulgarians and Romanians at end of May 2019

November 4, 2018November 4, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Romania

Switzerland will remove its labour market restrictions on citizens of EU countries Bulgaria and Romania at the end of May

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Europe 

Government in Skopje adopts draft constitutional amendments

November 4, 2018November 4, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

The government in Skopje has adopted the text of the draft-constitutional amendments arising from the Prespa Agreement. Prime Minister Zoran

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria has fewest priests per capita in Europe – survey

November 1, 2018November 1, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Bulgaria, where the majority of the population declare themselves to be Orthodox Christians but which also endured decades of officially

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Bulgaria 

Quadrilateral Summit of Bulgaria, Greece, Romania and Serbia to be held in Varna

November 1, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency

The Bulgarian Black Sea city of Varna is to host the Fifth Quadrilateral Summit of Bulgaria, Greece, Romania and Serbia

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Europe 

European Court of Human Rights rules against Romania over victims of 1989 revolution

November 1, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Romania

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that Romania should pay about 345 000 euro to 23 victims

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian opposition socialists declare boycott of parliamentary proceedings, seeking Simeonov’s resignation

October 31, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Valeri Simeonov

A campaign to get Valeri Simeonov, co-leader of Bulgarian government minority partner the United Patriots, to resign as Deputy Prime

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