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The Roman Catholic church got its first Latin American pontiff Wednesday when a secret papal conclave elected Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio to as its new leader. Pope Francis is also […]
Among the first to congratulate Argentinean cardinal Jorge Bergoglio on becoming Pope Francis I on March 13 2013 were the European Union’s two most ...
The Archbishop of Buenos Aires, cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio (76), became the first Latin American to be elected Pope on March 13 2013, taking the n ...
A plume of white smoke billowing from a chimney at the Vatican at about 7.05pm Central European Time on March 13 2013 signalled that the conclave of c ...
Bulgarian Ombudsman Konstantin Penchev has asked the Constitutional Court to overrule provisions in the Personal Income Tax Act providing for taxation of income from bank deposits that had been paid […]
Any time a new Bulgarian government takes office, the first day is traditionally reserved for the ceremonial handover of portfolios from the outgoing ministers to their successors. In addition to […]
A 51-year-old man was admitted to Pirogov emergency hospital in Sofia on March 13 2013 in critical condition after setting himself on fire outside the building housing the Bulgarian President’s […]
Predictably, differences have emerged in the reactions of Bulgaria’s various protest groups to the caretaker government and the question of whether to vote in the May 12 ahead-of-term national parliamentary […]
Bulgaria’s annual consumer price inflation fell to 3.6 per cent in February, breaking a three-month upward trend, data from the National Statistical Institute (NSI) showed on March 13. Monthly inflation […]
Bulgaria’s 17-member caretaker cabinet headed by diplomat Marin Raykov took office at a ceremony on March 13 2013 at the Council of Ministers building in Sofia, attended by members of […]
