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Many Russians watch with quiet satisfaction as the American saga unfolds about the two Chechen brothers turned Boston Marathon bombers. Russians, who have long been targets of Chechen terror attacks, […]
The efforts of Bulgaria’s Customs Agency to enforce excise tax laws on the local subsidiaries of Russian oil group Lukoil were once again thwarted w ...
Bulgaria’s caretaker Cabinet approved on April 24 the draft intergovernmental agreement on opening a new checkpoint on the border with Romania at th ...
A group of 1500 Austrian pensioners were scheduled to arrive at Sunny Beach on April 24, becoming the first tour group at the Bulgarian Black Sea reso ...
Eastern European countries, most notably Romania but also Bulgaria and Russia, were among the most frequent countries of origin for financially-motivated cyber-attacks in the past year, the latest Verizon Data […]
A new public opinion poll ahead of Bulgaria’s May 12 2013 national parliamentary elections has become the fourth in a week to see Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB party in the […]
That sound so familiar to the expatriate, the ker-chunk of a rubber stamp, will cease to be ubiquitous if the European Commission gets its way with a proposal to scrap […]
Bulgarian Socialist Party leader Sergei Stanishev was to be questioned by prosecutors on April 24 about allegations he submitted of illegal electronic eavesdropping by Boiko Borissov’s centre-right government, while on […]
Against a background of alleged cartel agreements, Competition Protection Commission queries on whether retail chains have resolved their issues with suppliers and government calls for retail chains to keep prices […]
