The longest day for Bulgaria
Bulgarians woke up on June 21, in the northern hemisphere the longest day, to the news that after a marathon
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Month: June 2013
Film review: Trance
One couldn’t imagine a more appropriate title than this one. Danny Boyle, who last directed James Franco in the cinematic
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Film review: Man of Steel
Guns blazing, fireballs glaring, smoke rising, people dying. Such is the first 20 minutes of Man of Steel, the latest
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Bulgaria in a deepening crisis, President Plevneliev says after security council debacle
Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev said that the country is in a deepening crisis and, again effectively siding with the many
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Sofia Pride postponed to avoid unrest
The annual Sofia Pride march would be postponed to avoid the risk of unrest, the event’s organisers said on June
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EC refers Bulgaria to ECJ over bilateral agreement with US
The European Commission said on June 20 that it referred Bulgaria to the European Court of Justice for failing to
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Sofia Opera complains about rowdy neighbours Ataka
Sofia Opera, which shares a building with the headquarters of ultra-nationalist party Ataka, has complained in an open letter to
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Bulgaria political crisis: Siderov’s slapstick antics and Borissov’s assassination fears
The sitting of the Consultative Council on National Security, called by Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev on June 20, descended into
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Greek coalition to settle ERT dispute through broader agreement
Greece’s coalition government leaders held fresh crunch talks Wednesday night in Athens in search of a compromise over the closure
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