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There are at least 17 billion Earth-sized worlds in our Milky Way galaxy, according to two new studies. Both groups of scientists used data from NASA’sKepler mission to reach their conclusions, which were […]
Belene, the nuclear power station that may not speak its name, was much mentioned in Bulgaria’s first live television debate in the campaign ahead o ...
Fallout from the controversy about an attempt to develop a residential building complex by clearing a sand dune protected nature area near the Bulgari ...
In separate decisions on January 9, Bulgaria’s Cabinet approved a long-term renewable energy development plan, setting out targets for 2020 and a se ...
Bulgaria’s Ombudsman Konstantin Penchev has asked the Constitutional Court to overrule law that prevents foreigners from leaving the country if they have debts of more than 5000 leva (about 2500 […]
Bulgaria’s national football team will play its World Cup qualifying match, against Malta on March 22, in front of empty stands after the game’s governing body Fifa decided that a […]
Forty per cent of Bulgarians polled in an international survey said that they would prefer to be their own bosses rather than be employees. The survey covered the 27 member […]
Lviv investigative journalist Taras Zozulinsky said he discovered an electronic listening device in his apartment on Jan. 6. He thinks it was planted because of his investigation into whether high-ranking […]
At its first meeting for 2013, Bulgaria’s Cabinet was set to approve a plan for abandoned cars to be removed for recycling. The ordinance to be approved at the January […]
A taxi fare price war has broken out in Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv, with almost all taxi companies having dramatically reduced tariffs at the beginning of 2013. The price reductions […]
