Russia Watch: With Syria, can Russia’s president move from Vlad the Impaler to Putin the Peacemaker?
Vladimir Putin seems to enjoy being demonized by the West. In recent months, he has earned his share: bullying gay
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Month: September 2013
Bulgaria’s Prosecutor-General calls for change in approach in receiving refugees
Against a background of a rising tide of refugees coming to Bulgaria, many fleeing conflict-torn Syria, Prosecutor-General Sotir Tsatsarov has
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UNHCR welcomes Bulgaria’s assurances of quick action to fix ailing asylum system
The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) said on September 17 2013 that it welcomes assurances from the Bulgarian
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Struma motorway stretch delayed by four months to July 2014
The stretch of Struma motorway between Sandanski and Koulata in southwestern Bulgaria will be finished four months behind schedule, the
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Bulgarian runner Naimova banned for life for doping
Bulgaria’s athletics federation ruled on September 17 to ban sprinter Tezdjan Naimova, 26, for life after she tested positive for
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New car sales in Bulgaria slump 4.4% year-on-year
Sales of new car sales in Bulgaria added up to 12 905 from January to August 2013, about 4.4 per cent
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Borissov’s GERB to table no-confidence motion over cabinet’s ‘overall policy’
Boiko Borissov’s centre-right party GERB – the largest single party in Parliament but also the opposition – is to table
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Bulgarian Socialist Party government continues backtracking on election promises
A promise by the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) government to increase the minimum wage has been postponed to 2014 while
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Bulgarian journalist’s car burnt out
The private car of Bulgarian journalist Genka Shikerova, co-presenter of a morning talk show on local television station bTV, was
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