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Everybody who enjoyed “The Lord Of The Rings” epic trilogy was looking forward to the moment when another John Ronald Reuel Tolkien book, “The Hobbit,” would be brought to the […]
Russia’s parliament has approved a measure banning Americans from adopting Russian children. Lawmakers from Russia’s lower house of parlia ...
Eastern Bulgaria was facing a night of heavy snowfalls that in combination with strong winds would mean snowdrifts, weather forecasters said on Decemb ...
Bulgaria’s Cabinet, in a December 19 2012 decision, handed Defence Minister Anyu Angelov a mandate to negotiate the purchase of multi-role jet fight ...
Two weeks after the ceremonial welding of the first pipes of the South Stream pipeline, Russia’s state-owned gas company Gazprom was considering a big cut in the amount it is […]
Horrific photographs depicting the consequences of smoking, covering most of the outside of cigarette packets, along with a ban on strong flavours in cigarettes and other forms of tobacco, are […]
Romania’s prime minister-designate Victor Ponta announced the line-up of an expanded government on December 19, the same day that the country’s new parliament held its first session after the December […]
Bulgaria’s Parliament passed at second reading on December 19 amendments to the Asset Forfeiture Act, the law regulating the confiscation of assets acquired through criminal activity first passed by MPs […]
Bulgarian police announced a series of arrests on December 18 2012 after separate incidents in which hoax bomb calls have plagued schools, shopping malls and court buildings in the capital […]
Bulgaria and Serbia have agreed that as soon as possible, they should sign a treaty on co-operation and good neighbourliness, and should prepare joint government meetings on the model of […]
