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Greek National Centre of Audiovisual Media and Communication, Bulgaria’s Nu Image announce co-operation deal

September 18, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency

Greece’s National Centre of Audiovisual Media and Communication (EKOME) and Bulgaria’s Nu Image corporate group have announced the establishment of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President refuses to meet ruling majority over standoff on ministerial appointment

September 17, 2018September 18, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Roumen Radev

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev said on September 17 that he was refusing to meet representatives of the governing majority to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Forestry Agency chief resigns over Romanian border fence ‘conflict of interest’

September 14, 2018September 17, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgaria’s Agriculture Ministry made much of the fence put up at the land border with Romania to try to prevent

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Business 

Bulgaria saw downturn in exports but increase in imports in first seven months of 2018

September 12, 2018September 13, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s exports in January to July 2018 were 1.8 per cent lower than in the first seven months of 2017,

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Europe 

West Nile fever virus claims four more lives in Serbia

September 12, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Serbia

Four more citizens of Serbia have died of West Nile fever in the last seven days, according to the Institute

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian government far-right minority partners patch up differences

September 11, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Krassimir Karakachanov, Valeri Simeonov, Volen Siderov

The United Patriots, the grouping of far-right and nationalist parties that is the minority partner in Bulgaria’s coalition government, issued

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President Radev hits back at predecessor Plevneliev

September 10, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Rossen Plevneliev, Roumen Radev

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev hit back on September 10 at his predecessor as head of state, Rossen Plevneliev, who has

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Bulgaria 

Former president Plevneliev: Roumen Radev is Bulgaria’s first populist president

September 10, 2018September 11, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Rossen Plevneliev, Roumen Radev

Bulgaria’s former president Rossen Plevneliev has sharply criticised his successor Roumen Radev, describing him as “the first Bulgarian populist president”

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Europe 

Merkel in Skopje: September 30 is a historic opportunity

September 8, 2018September 10, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia

German chancellor Angela Merkel, visiting Skopje on September 8, told a joint news conference with Prime Minister  Zoran Zaev that

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