Bulgaria
Government will raise Bulgaria's pension age slowly
An insecure government is too focused on ensuring its survival to carry out many reforms
BulgariaBalkan banks will raise Greek contagion fears
Bulgarian, Romanian and Serbian subsidiaries would be most at risk if Greece's banks collapse under its debt crisis
GreeceNew Bulgaria central banker will not end controversies
Parties may be irked that BNB staff have been kept on because it denied them the usual selection-process 'horse-trading'
BulgariaMigrant response could become lasting EU scar
Amid deep splits, EU leaders have put off for a month a decision on redistributing asylum-seekers from Italy and Greece
EUCoalition stability will eclipse reform in Bulgaria
Borisov's greatest priority will be to dominate government and coalition, at which he has been extremely successful
BulgariaSmaller Nabucco could revive for Azerbaijan's gas
Smaller interconnector pipelines are likelier to meet Balkan gas needs than big projects
BulgariaWest sees Bulgaria as variously vulnerable
Political instability, relative poverty, Russian energy dependence, corruption and eastern border sum to vulnerability
BulgariaMigration from 'A2' will be UK election issue in 2015
Whatever the facts of the matter, parts of the UK media will continue to target EU migrants
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