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Bulgaria’s annual inflation up to 0.5% in April

May 13, 2015May 13, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s consumer price index (CPI) rose by 0.7 per cent in April, marking the third consecutive month of price growth.

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Bulgarian deputy PM positive on Schengen accession

May 13, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency

The number of countries skeptical about allowing Bulgaria to join the EU’s Schengen visa zone has dropped from seven to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria has a plan to cover all possible risks from crisis in Macedonia – deputy PM

May 12, 2015May 13, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Macedonia

Bulgaria has a plan to cover all possible risks from the crisis in Macedonia as it sees them at the

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Bulgaria granted asylum to more than 7000 people in 2014

May 12, 2015May 13, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Most of the people granted protection by Bulgaria in 2014 were Syrians, according to figures released on May 12 by

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Bulgarian government security council discusses crisis in Macedonia

May 12, 2015May 12, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

A meeting of the Bulgarian government’s national security council has been called for May 12 because of the escalation of

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Bulgaria 

Prosecutors open investigation against Bulgaria’s CCB administrators

May 11, 2015May 13, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Sofia city prosecutors have opened an investigation into allegations of mismanagement against the two administrators appointed last year to take

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Bulgaria 

Government in Skopje must act responsibly to restore confidence, Bulgarian FM tells counterpart

May 11, 2015May 12, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

The political stability of Macedonia and the preservation of its territorial integrity is particularly important for Bulgaria, Foreign Minister Daniel

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Bulgaria 

Court fines eight witnesses for no-show at Siderov trial

May 11, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Volen Siderov

Sofia City Court has fined eight witnesses who failed to appear for a May 11 hearing in the trial of

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Bulgaria 

Borissov, Plevneliev speak out after Kumanovo clashes

May 10, 2015May 12, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Macedonia

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov says his country’s services are reporting on the situation in Macedonia hourly and President Rossen

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