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Greece’s two main labor unions have announced a general strike on September 26 against planned austerity measures. A spokeswoman for the General Confederation of Greek Labor said the action would […]
The U.S. central bank launched new measures Thursday to try to stimulate the weak U.S. economy, even as it predicted that the country’s economic ...
Sofia municipal council voted on September 13 to keep the controversial plans that have raised the ire of residents of central Sofia, who will now hav ...
Vladimir Putin raised quite a few eyebrows when his last foreign visit as president of Russia in 2008 was to Bulgaria, when he sealed agreements for t ...
Sofia City Art Gallery is celebrating its 60th anniversary with a large retrospective exhibition called “А рossible history”. Three hundred paintings were selected from a total of 8000 works in the […]
Romania and France have signed a two-year framework agreement on September 12 for the repatriation of Romanian citizens of Roma descent, the Romanian government said in statement. The agreement was […]
Bulgarians are, relatively speaking, the European Union’’s biggest fans of Israel, Russia and the EU itself, but less so of US president Barack Obama, the euro or their own government’s […]
While Europeans gobble up cheap goods “Made in China,” publicity surrounding Chinese shopping practices has mainly focused on the fondness for European luxury brands. It has become commonplace to see […]
Bosnian authorities say they have launched a major operation against organized crime, conducting raids across the country on groups suspected of murders, drug trafficking, and robbery. The head of Bosnia-Herzegovina’s […]
