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Bulgarian and Greek PMs: Sofia May 2018 summit ‘will provide energy for development of region’

May 7, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Bulgarian EU Presidency, Greece

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has confirmed his participation in the summit to be held in Bulgarian capital city Sofia

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Bulgaria 

IBNA interview – Zaharieva: Western Balkans must be high on EU agenda

May 6, 2018May 6, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgaria’s Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva speaks exclusively to IBNA on the sidelines of the 3rd Ministerial Cross-Border Meeting in Thessaloniki.

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Bulgaria 

Regional Development Minister: Bulgaria builds motorways cheapest per kilometre in Europe

May 3, 2018May 3, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency

Regional Development Minister Nikolai Nankov has told the National Assembly that motorways in Bulgaria are built at a price per

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Business 

Unemployment in Bulgaria was 5.2% in March 2018, again below EU average

May 2, 2018May 3, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Unemployment in Bulgaria in March 2018 was 5.2 per cent, down from 5.3 per cent a month earlier and from

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Business 

Monthly poll: Business climate in Bulgaria improved in April 2018

April 30, 2018May 1, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency

A regular monthly poll by Bulgaria’s National Statistical Institute (NSI) has found that the business climate indicator increased by 2.8

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Foreign Minister: EU and Western Balkans leaders should meet more often

April 28, 2018April 29, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency

Joint efforts by the European Union and the countries of the Western Balkans could make the region stable and prosperous,

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Europe 

‘Macedonia’ name dispute: EU Commissioner optimistic about solution in next two weeks

April 24, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece, Macedonia

European Enlargment Commissioner Johannes Hahn is optimistic that the name dispute between Skopje and Athens over the use of the

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Business 

Average price of agricultural land in Bulgaria rose by close to 15% in 2017 – statistics institute

April 24, 2018April 26, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency

The average price of 0.1 hectare of agricultural land in Bulgaria reached 872 leva (about 446 euro) in 2017, an

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Europe 

Leaders of Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Serbia meet in Bucharest on April 24

April 24, 2018April 24, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Bulgaria EU presidency, Bulgarian EU Presidency, Greece, Romania, Serbia

The third high-level quadrilateral meeting of the leaders of Greece, Bulgaria, Romania and Serbia is being held in Bucharest on

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