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FDI in Bulgaria in January-August was 944.3M euro

October 19, 2015October 20, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the eight months of the year stood at 944.3 million euro, the equivalent of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian police detain 58 migrants in Bourgas region

October 19, 2015October 20, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas

A total of 58 migrants were detained on October 18 by police in the Black Sea city of Bourgas and

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Russia queries Bulgaria’s customs probe of Lukoil

October 18, 2015October 20, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff energy, Russia

The Russian foreign ministry has sent a note to Bulgaria querying the customs inspection of Lukoil Bulgaria, Prime Minister Boiko

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s shooting of migrant: Name disclosed

October 18, 2015October 19, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Turkey

Bulgarian media reports on October 18 said that the migrant from Afghanistan shot dead by Border Police four days earlier

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Bulgaria 

Borissov on migrant shooting: Tragic accident, cause for neither medals nor dismissals

October 17, 2015October 19, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

The fatal shooting of a migrant by Bulgarian Border Police was a tragic accident, while the police just doing their

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Bulgaria’s shooting of migrant: Town raises petition in support of border cop

October 16, 2015October 19, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Residents of the town of Sredets in south-eastern Bulgaria have started a petition in support of the border policeman who

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Foreign Ministry advice to avoid Jerusalem counter-productive – Israeli ambassador

October 16, 2015October 16, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

The recommendation by Bulgaria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Bulgarian citizens to refrain from trips to Jerusalem is counterproductive and

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s shooting of migrant: President expresses regret, calls for EU-wide measures to resolve crisis

October 16, 2015October 18, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian head of state President Rossen Plevneliev said on October 16 that he deeply regretted the “ludicrous” incident in which

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Bulgaria’s shooting of migrant: Reactions range from calls for probe – to calls for medals

October 16, 2015October 18, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

The head of the Bulgarian Parliament’s internal security committee has called for a thorough investigation and the allocation of responsibility

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