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Bulgaria ponders constitutional issues as government resigns

November 15, 2016November 16, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2016, Rossen Plevneliev, Roumen Radev

The resignation of Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s government has prompted President Rossen Plevneliev to ask the Constitutional Court for

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Europe 

IMF shows Athens carrot and stick for debt relief

November 15, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece, IMF

According to reports in the Greek press, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is ready to commit to remaining a part

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Europe 

Greek economy beating estimates, 0.5% growth in Q3

November 15, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

The Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) and the Greek Finance Ministry announced encouraging figures pointing to a positive turn in the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria-Romania gas interconnector pipeline finished

November 11, 2016November 13, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Romania

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov opened at a ceremony on November 11 the gas interconnector pipeline with Romania, describing it

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Business 

Bulgaria reports negative foreign trade balance for January – September 2016

November 9, 2016November 10, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria had a negative foreign trade balance from January to September 2016, the National Statistical Institute (NSI) said on November

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Bulgaria 

Foreign Minister: Bulgarians abroad will have easier time voting in presidential election runoff

November 8, 2016November 9, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Bulgaria elections 2016

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov says that voting abroad will proceed more easily at the second round of Bulgaria’s presidential

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Perspectives 

IBNA/Op-Ed: Not a very good year for Bulgarian PM Borissov

November 7, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2016

Every opinion poll in Bulgaria in recent years shows Boiko Borissov’s GERB party as the one with by far the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM holds talks with counterparts from Belgrade, Skopje

November 5, 2016November 6, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, energy, Macedonia, Serbia

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov met with his counterpart from Belgrade, Aleksandar Vučić, and Skopje, Emil Dimitriev, during the annual

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria backs EU’s ‘grave concern’ about Turkey’s arrests of HDP members

November 5, 2016November 6, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Turkey

Bulgaria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued a statement backing the position of EU leaders expressing “grave concern” about the

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