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Borissov: Thanks to Turkey, there is no migration pressure on Bulgaria’s border

December 15, 2015December 15, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Turkey

The migration pressure on Bulgaria’s border is gone thanks to Turkey’s hard work, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said on

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Bulgaria’s Pamporovo resort to open 2015/16 ski season on December 19

December 15, 2015December 18, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Bulgaria’s mountain winter resort town of Pamporovo is to open its 2015/16 ski season on December 19, according to the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Reformist Bloc drama: Kouneva’s party to continue supporting government

December 14, 2015December 16, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister Meglena Kouneva’s Bulgaria for Citizens Movement will continue supporting the Boiko Borissov government, but Kouneva does

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Bulgaria 

Plevneliev: Bulgaria and Greece want clear rules on resolving migration issue

December 14, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece, Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgaria and Greece insist on clear rules for resolving the problem of migration, which should be observed both by the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria annual deflation down to 0.4% in November

December 14, 2015December 16, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s consumer price index (CPI) recorded 0.4 per cent annual deflation in November, while also declining by 0.1 per cent

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Bulgaria 

Arrests of Bulgarian customs officers causes long queue of lorries

December 14, 2015December 16, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

A queue of lorries stretching several kilometres formed at the Kapitan Andreevo border checkpoint between Bulgaria and Turkey on the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Reformist Bloc drama: DSB in opposition, Moskov remains in Cabinet

December 13, 2015December 15, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

The Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria (DSB) party, part of the centre-right Reformist Bloc coalition, has decided to follow DSB

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Bulgaria 

S&P re-affirms Bulgaria’s ‘BB+’ credit rating

December 12, 2015December 15, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Credit ratings agency Standard&Poor’s has said that it affirmed Bulgaria’s long-term sovereign credit rating at BB+, one notch below investment

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Bulgaria 

Sofia Tech Park opens, ‘to put Bulgaria on the map of the future’

December 11, 2015December 14, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Sofia Tech Park, a multi-million euro science and technology park, was officially opened on December 11, with President Rossen Plevneliev

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