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A large fire destroyed a restaurant and several shops at Bulgaria’s Black Sea resort of Golden Sands, public broadcaster Bulgarian National Radio said on July 30 2012. There was significant […]
Romanian President Traian Basescu has survived a referendum on his impeachment, after an insufficient number of voters turned out to cast ballots. Election officials say the voter turnout Sunday was […]
Bulgarian socialists have filed in Parliament on July 27 a petition, which they claimed was signed by 773 447 people, in support of a nationwide referendum to test public support […]
Bulgarian police have started using sniffer dogs to check for explosives and drugs on buses travelling on Trakiya Motorway to the Black Sea. The special operation also involves checking for […]
The fake Michigan driving licence found on the corpse of the suicide bomber who committed the July 18 Bourgas Airport terrorist attack had been spotted in Plovdiv five years ago, […]
The European Commission said on July 27 that it has temporarily approved state aid for five Greek banks, but would launch in-depth investigations “to assess whether the measure is in […]
United States ambassador in Sofia James Warlick will conclude his service in Bulgaria and plans to depart the country on September 14 2012, the US embassy said. Warlick will return […]
GPS data can now be obtained via the internet in addition to access via the existing satellite signal. European Commission Vice President Antonio Tajani launched on July 26 2012 in […]
Travel agent Blue Rays Thursday filed for insolvency, the latest in a string of Polish travel firms to run into trouble during the busy vacation season. Over 400 people who […]
Travellers with Wizz Air can expect another fee as the airline prepares to trial run a cabin baggage fee on 1 August, the Hungarian-Ukrainian airline announced this week. With the […]
