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Turkish air force aircraft downed a Syrian helicopter after it violated Turkish airspace, Turkish government vice president Bulent Arinc said. “The helicopter violated Turkey’s airspace by two kilometers. The helicopter […]
The original of the early 16th century painting Saint Catherine of Alexandria by Raphael is being shown for the first time in Sofia as part of an exhi ...
Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras travels to Brussels Tuesday for talks with top EU officials such as Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, Eur ...
The interior ministry in Macedonia has disclosed an operation code-named “Spy” in which 17 people were arrested on suspicion of espionage. ...
Russia has become the worldwide target of gay activists for its new law banning “gay propaganda.” St. Petersburg is the birthplace of Russia’s reaction against gay rights. In St. Petersburg, […]
Bulgaria will soon exceed the limit of 5000 refugees that it can accommodate and will ask that some refugees arriving in the country be redirected to other European Union countries, […]
The bells rang on September 16 2013 to mark the start of the new school year for Bulgaria’s about 755 000 pupils, of whom 63 596 are first-graders. In turn, […]
The European Commission has denied that it was at odds with Bulgarian authorities on the issue of how Sofia should manage its EU funds allocation, Bulgarian daily Sega said on […]
With the start of the school year in mid-September ending the summer holiday season for all except those taking advantage of late-season discounts, provisional projections of numbers were coming in […]
Clashes between anti-government demonstrators and Turkish police continued into the early hours of Monday in Istanbul. Protesters set fire to barricades in the street while police attempted to control the […]
