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Russian President Vladimir Putin has urged world powers to exercise restraint concerning Syria as U.S. President Barack Obama mulls a possible military response to an alleged chemical weapons attack. Putin […]
U.S. President Barack Obama said Friday he has not made a final decision on attacking Syria, but made clear he thinks doing so would be in the interes ...
President Rossen Plevneliev, patron of the event, will start the 63rd International Cycling Tour of Bulgaria on September 1 2013 at 9.30am at the Pres ...
The consultative Security Council of the Bulgarian Government met on August 30 to discuss the potential risks to the country should the Syrian crisis ...
Long queues of cars were causing traffic congestion on Bulgaria’s most-travelled motorway and at the main checkpoint on the border with Serbia on August 30, local media reported. On Trakia […]
The 28-member European Union ended July 2013 with 11 per cent unemployment, seasonally adjusted, unchanged from the previous month, according to EU statistics office Eurostat. This was the first unemployment […]
Sofia city hall has extended the working hours of public transportation lines on August 30 because of the Roger Waters’ The Wall Live gig on the Vassil Levski national stadium. […]
Bulgaria, which has stepped up funding for additional accommodation for asylum-seekers, is planning to provide a further 500 places for refugees by housing them mainly in state hostels and low-cost […]
Positive steps taken by leaders in Belgrade and Priština in recent months have led to historic agreements and fundamental progress towards normalising relations, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Kosovo […]
Concern over whether chemical weapons were actually used in Syria, and by whom, has moved the British opposition Labor Party to lead a rare successful move to block a foreign […]
