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Bulgaria’s Parliament appointed Rumyana Todorova as the new head of the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) on July 10. Her appointment was voted by 101MPs in Bulgaria’s 240-seat legislature. She […]
Gazprom’s decision to halt prepayment of natural gas transit fees to Ukrainian gas company Naftogaz until at least 2015 creates the potential fo ...
The Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CITUB) said on July 10 that early parliamentary elections were the only possible solution f ...
Bulgarian Orthodox Church Metropolitan of Varna Kiril, found dead on a beach near Varna on July 9, appears to have drowned after suffering from hypoth ...
The European Commission has said that it will challenge Russia’s “recycling fee”, a major point of contention in trade relations between the bloc and Russia since its introduction last year, […]
United Nations Ban Ki-moon honoured on July 9 2013 the late Stoyan Ganev of Bulgaria, a former President of the General Assembly, praising his valuable contributions to the United Nations. […]
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán put in a defiant appearance in the European Parliament on Tuesday, the day before EU lawmakers officially castigated the government over its democratic record by adopting […]
The International Monetary Fund says the global economy is expanding slower than it expected and has trimmed its projections for this year and next. The Washington-based agency said Tuesday it […]
“Failed you have”. The protest poster depicting Yoda of Star Wars is ironic but these short words represent the reverse against which Bulgarians are protesting, their mood accusatory, condemning. That […]
