Varna acting metropolitan withdraws after priests object to him
The Bulgarian Orthodox Church metropolitan appointed as acting head of the Black Sea diocese of Varna after the death of
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Month: July 2013
Film review: Before Midnight
Anyone who has seen the story of Jesse and Céline develop over two decades, in 1995’s Before Sunrise and 2004’s
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Eight dead reported in Bulgarian bus crash in Ukraine – updated
At least eight people, including one Bulgarian national, died in a bus collision in Ukraine, Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry said on
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Protesting Bulgarian tobacco growers block border checkpoints with Romania and Turkey – updated
Bulgarian tobacco growers, protesting against what they see as a lack of state support for the industry through a failure
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Prosecutor in Bulgarian eavesdropping controversy sacked
Bulgaria’s Supreme Judiciary Council (SJC) voted on July 11 to fire former Sofia City Prosecutor Nikolai Kokinov as a magistrate.
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Bulgarian prosecutors investigating alleged corruption at conflict of interest commission
Bulgaria’s Prosecutor’s Office said on July 11 that it was investigating allegations of corruption at the Cabinet’s commission tasked with
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Dead Russian lawyer convicted of tax evasion
A Moscow court has convicted dead lawyer Sergei Magnitsky of tax evasion, concluding a posthumous trial in a case that
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Bulgarian socialist government responds to criticism from foreign ambassadors
Bulgaria’s beleaguered socialist government, elected in May but under relentless pressure from many thousands who turn out on the streets
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Self-immolation attempt prevented outside Bulgaria’s judiciary council
Police officers prevented a man from setting himself on fire outside the building of Bulgaria’s Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) on
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