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Kosovo votes on June 11 for new parliament

June 11, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Kosovo

Early parliamentary elections are being held on June 11 in Kosovo. More than 1.8 million eligible voters will decide who will

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian and Greek special forces in joint anti-terrorist training exercise at Ilinden border checkpoint

June 10, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgarian and Greek special forces took part in a joint anti-terrorist training exercise at the Ilinden border checkpoint, Bulgaria’s Interior

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Business 

Bulgaria’s exports in January – April 2017 up by 13% on annual basis – NSI

June 9, 2017June 12, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Exports from Bulgaria in January to April 2017 were 13 per cent higher than in January to April 2016, the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian prosecution orders probe into alleged corruption in Turkish border fence project

June 8, 2017June 9, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Turkey

Bulgaria’s Supreme Cassation Prosecution has ordered the State Agency for National Security and the State Financial Inspection Agency to investigate

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Prosecutor-General Tsatsarov holds talks with President Radev on judicial reform

June 7, 2017June 8, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency judiciary, Roumen Radev

Continuing his series of meetings with senior figures in Bulgaria’s judicial system, President Roumen Radev held talks on June 7

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian FM Zaharieva in Bucharest: Good co-operation with Romania on issues such as scrapping visas for Canada

June 7, 2017June 7, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Romania

There is good co-operation between Bulgaria and Romania on shared issues such as the abolition of visa requirements for their

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Bulgaria 

After talks with President, top Bulgarian judge says judicial reform so far has been ‘mimicry’

June 6, 2017June 6, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency judiciary, Roumen Radev

Speaking after talks on June 6 with Bulgarian head of state President Roumen Radev, the head of the country’s supreme

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President Radev initiates series of meetings with leaders of judiciary to discuss judicial reform

June 5, 2017June 7, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency judiciary, Roumen Radev

Bulgarian head of state President Roumen Radev began on June 5 a series of hitherto-unannounced meetings with senior figures in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM Borissov: EU should create its own collective defence

June 5, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Nato

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said on June 5 that the way to save money and still have a reliable

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