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Foreign Minister: Bulgaria pushing for ‘practical measures’ to aid Western Balkans

October 19, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia

The countries of the Western Balkans will increasingly hear political messages in support of their European prospects, but Bulgaria is

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Europe 

UN to decide next month on fate of ‘Butcher of Balkans’ Mladic

October 19, 2017 VOANews Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia

United Nations judges will decide next week on a verdict in the trial of former Bosnian Serb army leader Ratko

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What Europe can do for the Western Balkans

October 14, 2017October 17, 2017 Vessela Tcherneva Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia

The Balkans are not as exciting as they once were. The large-scale violence that made the region a central concern

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Cabinet provides further 158M leva for modernisation of Sofia – Kalotina road

October 11, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Serbia

The Bulgarian government said on October 11 that would provide further funds amounting to more than 158 million leva (about

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Europe 

EU announces additional emergency aid to help refugees in Serbia

October 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Refugees, Serbia

The European Commission announced on October 8 that it had added an additional four million euro in humanitarian aid for

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Bulgaria 

Common ‘Balkan’ Presidency of the EU in 2018

October 4, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece, Romania, Serbia

Varna, a city strongly connected with Greece, and more specifically the palace of Euxinograd, hosted the 1st Quadrilateral Summit Bulgaria, Greece,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian, Romanian prime ministers open new border checkpoint, sign co-operation memoranda

October 3, 2017October 4, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Greece, Romania, Serbia

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov and his Romanian counterpart Mihai Tudose attended a ceremony to officially open a new border

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Europe 

Balkan Alliance expanding in Euxinograd

September 28, 2017September 28, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece, Romania, Serbia

Great mobility is being noted recently on behalf of Greece towards the Balkan countries, with successive summits at bilateral and

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Europe 

ECB official warns EU candidate countries on risks of ‘unofficial euroisation’

September 22, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, euro zone, Serbia

A member of the European Central Bank’s (ECB) executive board has warned candidate and potential candidate countries for EU membership

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