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Talks between Kosovo and Serbia heading towards an end

August 20, 2018August 20, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency

The new round of talks on the normalisation of relations between Kosovo and Serbia is expected to start in September

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Bulgaria 

FDI in Bulgaria in H1 2018 was 246.2M euro

August 17, 2018August 17, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first half of 2018 stood at 246.2 million euro, the equivalent of 0.5

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Tourism Minister to sue former deputy tourism minister for defamation

August 17, 2018August 17, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency tourism

Bulgarian Tourism Minister Nikolina Angelkova said on August 17 that she would take court action against former deputy tourism minister

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Bulgaria 

State Agency for Bulgarians Abroad writes to expats asking them to come home

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

The State Agency for Bulgarians Abroad is conducting a letter-writing campaign to appeal to Bulgarian expatriates to return to the

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Business 

Bulgaria has lowest proportion of part-time workers in EU – Eurostat

August 13, 2018August 15, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Eurostat

Bulgaria had the lowest proportion in the European Union of part-time workers, at just two per cent, according to figures

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Bulgaria 

Ilinden Uprising controversy: Zaev in conciliatory signal to Bulgaria

August 10, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

Zoran Zaev has emphasised the “sincere friendship and co-operation” between his country and Bulgaria, in a move to clear away

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Business 

Bulgaria’s exports in the first half of 2018 slightly up – statistics institute

August 10, 2018August 13, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

In the period January – June 2018 the value of all the goods exported from Bulgaria amounted to 25 569.4

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Bulgaria 

Macedonian PM Zaev’s remarks on Ilinden Uprising raise hackles in Bulgaria

August 9, 2018August 13, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Macedonia

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov gave a rebuke on August 9 to his Macedonian counterpart Zoran Zaev, who had said

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Europe 

Second line of Turkish Stream pipeline project over 45 per cent completed

August 9, 2018August 9, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Russia, Turkey

The Turkish Stream natural gas pipeline project’s spokesperson Asli Esen said on Wednesday that its second line is over 45

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