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Bulgarian food safety agency head: Killing flocks ‘saving business a billion leva’

July 16, 2018July 18, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency

The controversy-hit head of Bulgaria’s Food Safety Agency, Damyan Iliev, has sought to defend the mass killing of sheep and

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Perspectives 

Vucic, Dacic and tabloids pressure Serbs not to cheer for Croatian football team

July 13, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Croatia, Serbia

The great success of the Croatian national football team in reaching the final of the World Cup in Russia has

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Business 

Bulgaria’s January – May 2018 exports up two per cent year-on-year

July 12, 2018July 12, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

In the period January – May 2018 the value of all the goods exported from Bulgaria amounted to 20 934.9

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President: Nato is not a stock exchange to buy security

July 12, 2018July 12, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Nato, Roumen Radev

The July 2018 Nato summit is very important because it should demonstrate unity, solidarity and determination of all member states,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s population dropped to just more than seven million at beginning of 2018 – Eurostat

July 11, 2018July 13, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency

The population of Bulgaria was 7 050 000 as at January 1 2018, dropping from more than 7.1 million on

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria ‘opens’ Black Sea for new oil exploration

July 11, 2018July 11, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency energy

Bulgaria looks ready to follow Romania’s example, emphasising and paving the way for new drilling in the Black Sea and

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Europe 

Skopje awaits an invitation from Nato

July 10, 2018July 10, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia, Nato

While Nato starts a summit on July 10 in Brussels, government authorities in Skopje say that they are sure that

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Bulgaria 

More than 200 Bulgarian 18-year-olds get free rail passes in new EU scheme

July 9, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency

More than 200 Bulgarian 18-year-olds are getting free rail passes to travel Europe on almost any train this summer, part

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Europe 

The Black Sea is Romania’s ‘gold’

July 4, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Romania

Up to 6.3 billion cubic metres of natural gas a year is what the Neptun Deep field under the Black

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