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Bulgaria’s Gambling Commission has blacklisted 22 online betting sites for failing to acquire Bulgarian gambling licences. Under the country’s Gambling Act, last amended in 2012, all companies that offer any […]
Bulgaria’s Parliament passed at first reading on June 13 amendments to the Special Intelligence Means Act, the law governing the use of wire-tapping ...
Seven officials at Sofia municipality’s directorate for local taxes and fees face dismissal in connection with alleged embezzlement of 621 000 leva ...
Bulgarian archaeologist Nikolai Ovcharov said on June 13 that the summer digs at the Perperikon site would go as scheduled after his team received gov ...
Turkey’s prime minister has given a “final warning” for protesters to leave Istanbul’s Taksim Square. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said police would remove all “troublemakers” from the square withi ...
The World Bank downgraded its estimates for global economic growth in 2013 and 2014, but said that the global economy appeared to transitioning to a period of more stable, if […]
European Parliament has approved the European Council draft decision to reduce the size of the European Union’s legislative body. The reduction is needed in order to comply with the 751-seat […]
Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev has declined a request by centre-right former ruling party GERB to veto changes to the State Agency for National Security Act that were pushed through Parliament […]
Goal line technology makes its debut in international football this weekend at the Confederations Cup in Brazil. FIFA, the sport’s governing body bowed to international pressure after a missed call […]
Public broadcasters Bulgarian National Television and Bulgarian National Radio have expressed support for the European Broadcasting Union’s statement of concern and disappointment at the Greek government’s closure of public broadcaster ...
