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Unemployment in Bulgaria was 6.1% in December 2017, again below EU average – Eurostat

January 31, 2018February 1, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Eurostat, macroeconomic indicators

Unemployment in Bulgarian in December 2017 was 6.1 per cent, down from 6.7 per cent in December 2016 and again

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Business 

Poll sees improved business climate in Bulgaria in January 2018

January 29, 2018January 31, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency

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

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Europe 

Macedonia: Zaev announces renaming of Skopje airport, country’s main motorway

January 25, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece, Macedonia

Macedonia’s Prime Minister has announced the renaming of the airport of Skopje and the country’s main motorway leading to Greece,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM in talks with Skopje, Belgrade counterparts on developing transport infrastructure

January 23, 2018January 25, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia, Serbia

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov held conversations with his counterparts in Skopje, Zoran Zaev, and in Belgrade, Ana Brnabić, on

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM and Turkish ambassador: Dialogue between EU and Ankara must be normalised

January 23, 2018January 24, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria EU presidency, Turkey

The dialogue between European Union member states and Turkey must be normalised in the context of understanding and prudent decisions,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria and Greece step up exchange of information to combat tax evasion

January 22, 2018January 23, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

The head of the revenue agencies of Bulgaria and Greece have held talks on continuing and deepening co-operation on exchanging

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Bulgaria 

FDI in Bulgaria in January-November 2017 was 883.7M euro

January 19, 2018January 22, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first 11 months of 2017 stood at 883.7 million euro, the equivalent of

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Bulgaria 

Controversy as Bulgaria empowers mayors to contract private security firms to guard entire towns

January 19, 2018January 20, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency

Controversy has surrounded the Bulgarian Parliament’s approval of a new law that will enable mayors to conclude contracts with private

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Bulgaria 

Ivanović murder will not stop normalisation of relations with Serbia, Kosovo president tells Borissov

January 17, 2018January 19, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Kosovo, Serbia

Kosovo president Hashim Thaçi has told Bulgaria’s prime minister that his country will not allow the January 16 murder of

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