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Skopje rejects Bulgaria’s call for special meeting of historical commission

August 4, 2019August 8, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

The Republic of North Macedonia has turned down a request by Bulgaria for a special meeting of the joint commission

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Bulgaria 

Romania ‘disappointed’ by Bulgarian PM blaming its tourists for ASF

August 4, 2019August 6, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency African Swine Fever, Boiko Borissov, Romania

The Foreign Ministry of Romania says that it is disappointed by Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov blaming Romanian tourists for

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Bulgaria 

In Skopje, Bulgarian PM urges joint historical commission ‘to work daily’

August 1, 2019August 1, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

Visiting Skopje, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has urged a joint Bulgarian-North Macedonia historical commission to “work daily” to come

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM in Skopje to celebrate two years of good-neighbourliness treaty

August 1, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Macedonia

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has arrived in Skopje, where together with his North Macedonian counterpart Zoran Zaev, he will

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian TV showman says he will found a political party

August 1, 2019August 1, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency

After 19 years on the air, Bulgarian television showman Slavi Trifonov’s nightly broadcast came to an end, with an announcement

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Bulgaria 

Unemployment in Bulgaria in June 2019 was 4.4% – Eurostat

July 31, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Unemployment in Bulgaria in June 2019 was 4.4 per cent, down from 4.5 per cent in May and from 5.2

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Business 

Poll sees business climate in Bulgaria in July unchanged from June

July 29, 2019July 29, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency

Results of a regular monthly poll by Bulgaria’s National Statistical Institute showed the business climate in the country as seen

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Bulgaria 

Questions for Bulgaria’s ruling coalition as ‘Patriots’ split

July 26, 2019July 26, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Krassimir Karakachanov, Valeri Simeonov, Volen Siderov

Clarity is awaited on what the split in ultra-nationalist coalition the United Patriots means – if anything – for the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria grants 200 000 euro humanitarian aid to reduce migration to Europe

July 24, 2019July 24, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgaria’s Cabinet approved on July 24 an agreement between the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the government for Bulgaria to

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