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Bulgaria is to cut back on the documentation and time-consuming procedures that have been burdens on businesses, according to a Cabinet decision on October 3 2012. Acting on a proposal […]
A good winter tourist season is expected in Bulgaria, especially on the Russian market where the things are doing well, Bulgarian Deputy Minister of Economy, Energy and Tourism Ivo Marinov […]
The first live televised 2012 presidential election debate between the Democrats’ US president Barack Obama and Republican Party candidate Mitt Romney produced no killer moment for the red-tied contender but […]
Greece’s finance chief is predicting the country will reach an agreement with its international lenders by Monday to release another segment of bailout funds so Athens can meet its financial […]
In the run-up to Georgia’s parliamentary vote, supporters of President Mikheil Saakashvili derided their opponent, billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili, as “a Kremlin project.” Activists for Ivanishvili’s Georgian Dream coalition were ev ...
As the government hesitates to permit a gay rights parade in Serbia’s capital, the surrounding controversy sheds light on the Balkan country’s high level of social intolerance and its uncertain […]
Serbian authorities have canceled Saturday’s gay pride parade in Belgrade for security reasons. The Interior Ministry Wednesday said the risk of violence is too high. It said it is calling […]
The International Guitar Festival in Plovdiv 2012 is being held from October 11 to 13 at the Drama Theatre in the centre of Bulgaria’s second city. The guitar festival, which […]
At a ceremony at the Presidency at 2 Dondoukov Boulevard in Sofia on October 3 2012, outgoing Japanese ambassador to Bulgaria Makoto Ito was awarded Bulgaria’s highest civilian honour, the […]
