IMF raises Bulgaria’s growth forecast for 2016 to 3%
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has praised the resilience of Bulgaria’s economy and described current macroeconomic developments as “encouraging”, raising
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Borissov in Bratislava: Bulgaria needs concrete support for border security
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov showed German chancellor Angela Merkel a map as they held a brief conversation in Bratislava,
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Bulgaria’s refugee centres are 93% per cent full
Ninety-three per cent of the capacity of the refugee centres in Bulgaria is filled, State Agency for Refugees head Petya
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Bulgarian Parliament passes second ‘weekend tax’
Bulgarian MPs passed on September 15 amendments to the Corporate Tax Act that require employers to pay a tax on
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Bulgaria’s new co-ordination centre against illegal migration begins work
Bulgaria’s co-ordination centre for combating illegal migration has begun work, the Interior Ministry said on September 15. The new unit
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EU presidents: EU should be symbol of freedom, not regulations and restrictions
The European Union should not be associated only with regulations and restrictions, presidents from the bloc said at a meeting
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Purvanov’s ABC party names Kalfin as presidential candidate
Georgi Purvanov’s socialist splinter ABC party, one of the two smallest parties in the Bulgarian National Assembly and formerly part
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Plevneliev tells EU presidents: ‘Main goal not to let Europe fall into crisis of values’
Bulgarian head of state President Rossen Plenevliev has told his EU counterparts that their main goal is not to let
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Orban: Hungary would gladly support Georgieva to be UN chief
Hungary would gladly support Bulgaria’s European Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva to be United Nations Secretary-General, Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban said
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