Bulgaria’s anti-government ‘beach protest’ – in photos
On the 48th day of anti-government rallies in Bulgaria, the traditional morning protest outside Parliament morphed from “drinking coffee” to
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Month: July 2013
Bulgarian Parliament will take summer recess starting August 5
Bulgaria’s MPs voted on July 31 to extend the Parliament session by two days and will start their summer recess
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Bulgaria’s ‘banitsa bandit’ pleads guilty in 1.47M leva robbery suit – updated
Georgi Enev, the security guard charged with stealing 1.47 million leva (about 750 000 euro) from an armoured van, pleaded
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Bulgarian Cabinet approves legislative agenda, regional development plans
Bulgaria’s Cabinet approved on July 31 the Government legislative agenda until the end of the year, as well as the
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Bulgaria’s former PM Borissov calls for snap elections in May 2014
Bulgaria’s former prime minister Boiko Borissov called on July 31 for the ruling coalition to schedule early parliamentary elections at
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EU unemployment down to 10.9% in June
The 27-member European Union ended June 2013 with 10.9 per cent unemployment, seasonally adjusted, down from 11 per cent in
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Oranovo coalmine rescue attempt completes bypass tunnel
Rescue operations to reach two miners at Bulgaria’s Oranovo coalmine, who were trapped in a collapse on July 16, drew
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Bulgarian former deputy PM Tsvetanov indicted
Bulgaria’s Prosecutor’s Office said on July 31 that it has filed charges against Tsvetan Tsvetanov for refusing to authorise wire-tapping
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Russia Watch: Is Russia Turning Protestant?
In 1990, an American anthropologist wrote a controversial book: “Is Latin America Turning Protestant?” Two decades later, that same provocative
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