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Bulgaria’s centre-right ruling party GERB nominated Grozdan Iliev, deputy president of the Supreme Cassation Court, to fill a vacancy on the Constitutional Court, making the move on February 11 2013 […]
Bulgaria’s Foreign Minister Nikolai Mladenov has bestowed on the outgoing ambassador of Iran, Gholamreza Bagheri Moghaddam, the ministry’s Golden ...
Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nikolai Mladenov held talks in Sofia with two members of the leadership of the National Coalition of Syrian Revolutionary a ...
The resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, announced on February 11 2013 and to take effect on February 28, is a precedent in that it was unexpected, accor ...
The District Prosecution Office in the Bulgarian Black Sea city of Bourgas said on February 11 2013 that it is laying criminal charges against Nessebur mayor Nikolai Dimitrov and chief […]
The head of Bulgaria’s special committee investigating high-level corruption said on February 11 2013 that he had reported alleged corruption by three prosecutors to the country’s Prosecutor-General. Committee chairperson Yane [… ...
The number of counterfeit euro coins removed from circulation increased by 17 per cent from 157 000 in 2011 to 184 000 in 2012, the European Commission said on February […]
Bulgarian exports to third countries, meaning non-EU states, in 2012 were 12.8 per cent higher than in 2011, the National Statistical Institute said on February 11 2013. Exports to third […]
Pope Benedict XVI, the leader of the world’s Roman Catholics, announced his resignation on February 11 2013, saying that his advanced age – he is 85 – meant that he […]
After a day of protests that saw thousands of people in 15 Bulgarian cities and towns express indignation against high bills for electricity and heating, Economy, Energy and Tourism Minister […]
