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Bulgaria advises motorists to avoid Kulata border checkpoint after hour-long blockade by Greek farmers

January 31, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Greece

Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry advised motorists on January 31 to avoid the Kulata – Promachonas border crossing after protesting Greek farmers

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Protesting Greek farmers block E-79 motorway near Bulgarian border checkpoint

January 31, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Greece

Protesting Greek farmers blocked the E-79 main road close to the Promachonas – Kulata border checkpoint with Bulgaria, public broadcaster

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Bulgaria 

Unemployment in Bulgaria in December 2016 was 7.1%, below EU average – Eurostat

January 31, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Eurostat, macroeconomic indicators

Unemployment in Bulgaria in December 2016 was 7.1 per cent, unchanged from November 2016 and down from the 7.9 per

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Bulgaria 

500 refugees evacuated from Bulgaria’s Harmanli centre because of fire

January 31, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis

Five hundred refugees were evacuated from Bulgaria’s Harmanli refugee centre because of a fire, Bulgarian National Radio said on January

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In Brussels, Bulgarian President Radev calls for ‘even greater’ EU support in securing external borders against illegal migration

January 30, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, European Commission, Nato, Roumen Radev

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev, in Brussels on January 30 for his first official visit abroad as head of state, has

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Sofia City Court approves registration of Hristo Ivanov’s ‘Yes, Bulgaria’ political party

January 30, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2017

Sofia City Court approved on January 30 the registration of Hristo Ivanov’s Yes Bulgaria  (Да, България!) as a political party.

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s March 2017 early parliamentary elections given budget of 29.9M leva

January 30, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2017

Bulgaria’s caretaker Cabinet, at its first meeting on January 30, approved a budget of 29.9 million leva (about 15.3 million

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Bulgaria 

Protesting Greek farmers plan further temporary shutdowns of Bulgarian border

January 29, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Greece

Protesting Greek farmers intend further temporary blockages of border checkpoints with Bulgaria, reports on January 30 said. Each shutdown is

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Bulgaria 

Greek farmers block Promachonas – Kulata border checkpoint with Bulgaria

January 28, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Greece

Greek farmers used tractors to block the Promachonas – Kulata border checkpoint with Bulgaria on January 28, public broadcaster Bulgarian

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