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Sofia and Skopje sign two deals on defence co-operation

November 2, 2017November 2, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

Bulgarian Defence Minister Krassimir Karakachanov and his counterpart from Skopje, Radmila Shekerinska, signed two protocols on co-operation in defence policy

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian opposition’s bid for vote of no confidence in government likely to come to nothing

November 2, 2017November 4, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Kornelia Ninova

The leader of the opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party, Kornelia Ninova, told reporters on November 2 that the BSP would begin

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian IT Minister: Deal on cutting roaming prices with Western Balkans countries within a month

November 2, 2017November 3, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia, Serbia

A government-level memorandum on roaming charges will be signed within a month with the Western Balkans countries of Albania, Bosnia

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Business 

Bulgaria falls to 50th place in World Bank ease of doing business ranking of 190 economies

October 31, 2017October 31, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency World Bank

Bulgaria is in 50th place in the World Bank’s ranking of ease of doing business in 190 economies, a drop

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Business 

Unemployment in Bulgaria in September 2017 was 6.1% – Eurostat

October 31, 2017November 2, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Unemployment in Bulgaria in September 2017 was 6.1 per cent, down from 7.2 per cent in September 2016 and again

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria pledges support for Moldova’s pro-EU reforms

October 31, 2017October 31, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Moldova

Bulgaria will continue to offer full support for Moldova’s reform efforts meant to bring closer integration with the European Union,

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Business 

Monthly poll sees business climate in Bulgaria as ‘unfavourable’ in October 2017

October 30, 2017October 31, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency

A regular monthly poll by Bulgaria’s National Statistical Institute (NSI) found that the business climate in the country was seen

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Europe 

Macedonia local elections: SDSM claims victory, VMRO-DPMNE refuses to recognise results

October 30, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

Macedonian Social Democratic Union (SDSM) and Democratic Union for Integration (BDI) have celebrated their victory in the Republic of Macedonia’s

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM Borissov in Sarajevo: ‘The fate of the Balkans is in our hands’

October 27, 2017October 28, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Bosnia and Herzegovina

In a historic first visit by a Bulgarian Prime Minister to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Boiko Borissov has told leaders in

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