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Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry reports increase in attempts at illegal crossings from Greece

September 10, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Refugees

Additional police and gendarmerie teams have been sent to the Bulgarian-Greek border following an increase in attempts by migrants to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President’s office speaks on explicit photos of girlfriend of Sofia mayoral candidate

September 9, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Bulgaria local elections 2019, Media, Roumen Radev

More than four days after outrage erupted over the posting on a Bulgarian “media” website of explicit photos of sex

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Bulgaria 

European Commission: Bulgaria had 625M euro ‘VAT Gap’ in 2017

September 7, 2019September 9, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgaria had a “VAT Gap” – the difference between expected VAT revenue and the amount actually collected – of 625

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Bulgaria 

President sets out proposals to Parliament to make Bulgaria ‘normal European country’

September 4, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Roumen Radev

Bulgarian head of state President Roumen Radev spelt out a critical view of the country at the September 4 opening

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Europe 

Lifting of capital controls in Greece finalised

September 2, 2019September 2, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency euro zone, Greece

After four years, the capital controls in Greece have finally been lifted. The grounds for such a development had been

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Foreign Minister warns on risk of new violence in Gaza, West Bank

September 2, 2019September 3, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Israel

The current standstill in the Middle East Peace Process is cause for serious concern, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva said

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Bulgaria 

Unemployment in Bulgaria was 4.5% in July 2019 – Eurostat

August 30, 2019September 2, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Unemployment in Bulgaria was 4.5 per cent in July 2019, the same percentage it has been every month since April

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Business 

August 2019 poll: Business climate in Bulgaria ‘unfavourable’

August 29, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency

The business climate in Bulgaria in August 2019 is seen as unfavourable, according to a regular monthly poll by the

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Bulgaria 

Security co-operation main topic in phone call between Bulgarian, UK PMs

August 28, 2019August 28, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Brexit

The extremely good security co-operation between the UK and Bulgaria was the main topic of a phone conversation between British

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