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FDI in Bulgaria in January 2018 was 158.8M euro

March 22, 2018March 22, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first month of the year stood at 158.8 million euro, the equivalent of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament scraps public procurement rule for repairs to fence at Turkish border

March 22, 2018March 23, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Refugees, Turkey

Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted on March 22 to approve the second and final reading of amendments to the Public Procurement

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Europe 

Fake news about removal of Alexander the Great statue in Skopje sparks protest

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

Fake news about the removal of the Alexander the Great statue from the main Skopje Square cause the mobilisation of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian government to raise prison warders’ pay after protests

March 21, 2018March 22, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency

The Bulgarian government is to provide 15 million leva (about 7.66 million euro) for increases to the salaries of prison

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian opposition socialist MP’s post calling EU, US ‘idiots’ over Putin and Crimea sparks political row

March 21, 2018March 21, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Russia

Bulgaria’s ruling majority and the opposition are caught up in their latest political row after Bulgarian Socialist Party MP Tasko

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Europe 

Kurz: Western Balkans among Austrian priorities

March 15, 2018March 15, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency

Western Balkan countries would be among the priorities of the European Union’s Austrian presidency in the second half of 2018,

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Europe 

President of Macedonia refuses to sign new law giving Albanian official language status

March 15, 2018March 16, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

The president of Macedonia, Gjorge Ivanov, said that he would not sign the law approved by the country’s Parliament on March

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Foreign Ministry rejects Erdoğan’s ‘spiritual frontiers’ statement

March 14, 2018March 15, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Turkey

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry has reacted to a statement by Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan that “Kurdhzali is part of our

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Business 

Bulgaria’s exports in January 2018 up by 12.3%, trade balance negative

March 13, 2018March 14, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

The total value of all goods exported from Bulgarian in January 2018 was 12.3 per cent higher than in January

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