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Zaev: Referendum to be held in late 2018 on ‘Macedonia’ name issue

May 30, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece, Macedonia

Athens and Skopje are close to resolving the name issue, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev told a May 30 news conference

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian, Turkish interior ministers meet over border security and co-operation

May 29, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Turkey

Bulgarian Interior Minister Valentin Radev and his Turkish counterpart Süleyman Soylu met in Edirne on May 29 for a workshop

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Europe 

Athens seen to be making significant progress in ‘Macedonia’ name talks

May 29, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece, Macedonia

The Greek government appears to be making significant progress in talks with Skopje in search of a solution to the

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Europe 

‘Macedonia’ name dispute: There are still open issues, UN mediator says

May 26, 2018May 28, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece, Macedonia

UN Special Envoy Matthew Nimetz said there are still differences between Skopje and Athens over the future name of the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian FM: Sofia may allow Skopje to use its diplomatic representations abroad

May 25, 2018May 27, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Macedonia

Meeting in Rome, the Prime Ministers from Sofia and Skopje have discussed the possibility of Bulgaria allowing the former Yugoslav

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Perspectives 

An unexpected gift thrown into the bin

May 22, 2018May 22, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece, Macedonia

Hastily enough, Zoran Zaev’s proposal to renaming fYROMacedonia into Republica Illindenska Makedonija was dismissed by most Greek political parties. Above

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Europe 

First ‘Balkannabis Expo 2018’ to be held in Athens in June

May 21, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency

The organisers of the first Balkannabis Expo which will take place in Athens, speak of a “historic event that will become a

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Bulgaria 

FDI in Bulgaria in Q1 2018 was 179.1M euro

May 19, 2018June 20, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first three months of 2018 stood at 179.1 million euro, the equivalent of

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Bulgaria 

EU officials could see 16+1 Summit in Bulgaria in July 2018 as ‘Trojan Horse for China’ – report

May 19, 2018May 24, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency

It is not just Russia that makes Brussels feel sick and have a headache. There is China, too, whose influence

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