Bulgaria’s new Rila blaze amid fires sweeping South Eastern Europe
A fire that broke out at 1400m in Bulgaria’s Rila mountain on August 23 – the second such blaze at
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Year: 2012
Construction of first phase of Skopje – Sofia rail link ‘to begin in 2013’
Macedonia’s government, having been given 46.4 million euro financing by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, plans to start
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Bulgaria to open further 17km of Trakiya motorway linking Sofia and Bourgas
A further 17 kilometres of the Trakiya Motorway, from Yambol to Petolachkata near the town of Sliven, will open this
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Soaring fuel prices prompt Bulgarian bus transport companies to mull price increases
Transport companies in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv region are considering a further increase in long-distance bus ticket prices because of the country’s
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Bulgaria’s taxi fares to increase, association says
Taxi fares will increase by about 20 stotinki (about 10 euro cents) a kilometre after not having been hiked for
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Russia becomes 156th member of WTO
Russia became the 156th member of the World Trade Organization on Wednesday, following nearly two decades of negotiations. Russia was
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Bulgarian railways chief executive resigns
Yordan Nedev, the chief executive of Bulgaria’s state railways BDZ, has resigned citing the continued delays in the payment of
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French cabinet mulls lifting work restrictions on Bulgarians, Romanians
French prime minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said on August 22 that he was in favour of lifting the work restrictions on
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Greek PM says country not seeking more money
Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is seeking to reassure the country’s international creditors, saying Greece is not looking for any
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