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Anyone who has seen the story of Jesse and Céline develop over two decades, in 1995’s Before Sunrise and 2004’s Before Sunset, will have their heart in their throat in […]
At least eight people, including one Bulgarian national, died in a bus collision in Ukraine, Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry said on July 11. Initially, ...
Bulgarian tobacco growers, protesting against what they see as a lack of state support for the industry through a failure to secure European Union sub ...
Bulgaria’s Supreme Judiciary Council (SJC) voted on July 11 to fire former Sofia City Prosecutor Nikolai Kokinov as a magistrate. The SJC decision w ...
Bulgaria’s Prosecutor’s Office said on July 11 that it was investigating allegations of corruption at the Cabinet’s commission tasked with preventing conflict of interest. The investigation was against unknown perpetrators […]
A Moscow court has convicted dead lawyer Sergei Magnitsky of tax evasion, concluding a posthumous trial in a case that strained U.S.-Russian ties. Magnitsky, in his work with Hermitage Capital […]
Bulgaria’s beleaguered socialist government, elected in May but under relentless pressure from many thousands who turn out on the streets to demand its resignation, also has sought to respond to […]
Police officers prevented a man from setting himself on fire outside the building of Bulgaria’s Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) on July 11, while the council was in session inside. The […]
