Russian lawmakers approve internet blacklist measure
Russia’s lower house of parliament has approved a bill that gives the government power to blacklist websites containing what officials
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Year: 2012
Bulgaria comes up with draft law on funeral agencies, burials
A funeral agency that advertises its services in a hospital or tries to tout for business in a morgue will
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Bulgarian caught driving 248km/h on Croatian highway
A Bulgarian was stopped by police in Croatia after driving at 248km/h on a highway, local media said. In Croatia,
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Bulgaria opens new 35km stretch of Trakiya motorway to the Black Sea
Travelling time from Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia to the Black Sea coast is being further reduced by the opening on
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Bulgaria’s Cabinet nominates former dissident Bochev among four new ambassadors
Bulgaria’s Cabinet has nominated four new ambassadors, in the latest round of the changing of the guard in the country’s
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Bulgaria to ask for delay in switch to digital broadcasting
Bulgaria’s Government plans to ask the European Commission to postpone the deadline for the switch to digital broadcasting, now set
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Protests and price hikes cost Borissov and Bulgaria’s leaders popularity – poll
Disenchantment with Bulgaria’s centre-right GERB Government and its leader, Prime Minister Boiko Borissov, after the Forestry Act amendments controversy and
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Bulgarian food minister slammed for racist remark about Roma beach vendors
Remarks by Bulgaria’s Agriculture and Food Minister Miroslav Naidenov that he wanted “swarthy fellows” selling corn on the country’s beaches
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Romanian court deepens impasse over presidential impeachment
Romania’s constitutional court ruled on July 10 to raise the bar for the presidential impeachment referendum, but instead of clarifying
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