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Archaeological digs in the Bulgarian town of Sozopol on the Black Sea – where earlier this summer archaeologists found a skeleton staked post-mortem to prevent the deceased from rising as […]
Bulgaria’s Cabinet agreed on September 19 2012 to allocate a further 1.6 million leva (about 800 000 euro) to assist the recovery of the minin ...
The emergence of exploration for shale oil and shale gas in some EU countries should be backed up with “robust regulatory regimes” accordi ...
Bulgaria’s Parliament voted on September 19 2012 to change the rules on the length of validity of driving licences, cutting in half the validity of ...
Bulgarian wind and solar farms could go out of business because of a new power grid connection fee that went into effect on September 19, industry representatives say. The extra […]
More than 160 stolen vehicles were recovered and 75 people arrested in a two-day operation, European police agency Europol said. Vehicle crime experts from 20 EU countries gathered at Europol […]
Pensions in Bulgaria will go up on April 1 2013, the head of Parliament’s committee on the Budget said, the latest statement on the topic from Bulgaria’s ruling party after […]
Prices of pork in Bulgaria have increased about 30 per cent since the end of July 2012, forced up by global increases in the prices of grain used as feed, […]
A recent opinion poll in Turkey found that only 18 percent of Turks back their government’s support for the Syrian opposition. The poll was the latest in the last few […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin has enacted a series of restrictive laws since returning to office in May. He and the country’s state-run media also have been sharply critical of the […]
