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Bulgarian transport workers suspend protest at Kulata checkpoint after ‘most’ demands met

May 29, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Greece

Bulgarian transport workers who protested at the Kulata border checkpoint with Greece on May 29 ended the protest after talks

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Bulgaria 

Union of Bulgarian Transport Workers to protest at Kulata border checkpoint with Greece on May 29

May 28, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

The Union of Bulgarian Transport Workers says that it is going ahead with a protest at the Kulata border checkpoint

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Europe 

Former Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos wounded in bomb attack

May 26, 2017May 26, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

A bomb hidden inside an envelope has exploded in Athens inside the car of the former Greek Prime Minister, Lucas

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Greece – Bulgaria following in the footsteps of the French – German axis

May 3, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Greece and Bulgaria have a long history of proximity coupled with tensions, differences, but also a common historical course during

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About 1300 litres of smuggled alcohol, mostly from Bulgaria, seized in Greece as part of international police operation

April 25, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Greece

The Greek finance ministry’s financial and economic crimes unit confiscated close to 1300 litres of smuggled alcohol in March as

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian voters from Turkey divert via Greece as ‘patriots’ again protest at Turkish border

March 24, 2017March 24, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Bulgaria elections 2017, Greece, Lyutvi Mestan, Turkey

Bulgarian passport-holders coming into the country to vote in the March 26 elections would now be coming via Greece instead

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Europe 

Greek government talks with creditors reach impasse yet again

March 6, 2017March 9, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Very little progress was made in the meetings held over the weekend between Greek government ministers and the “quartet” of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria targets early-2018 to begin construction on Greece gas inter-connector

February 22, 2017March 9, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Greece

Bulgaria’s Energy Ministry was drafting the necessary tender documentation to pick a contractor that would build the gas inter-connector pipeline

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Europe 

Where Athens and creditors stand following Eurogroup agreement

February 22, 2017March 9, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency euro zone, Greece

Following the February 20 2017 Eurogroup meeting in Brussels, several conclusions could be drawn as to what the Greek government took

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