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The European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response, Bulgaria’s Kristalina Georgieva, has reiterated her calls for an end to fighting in Syria and an urgent political solution, a call […]
A code “orange” weather warning has been issued for four districts in northern Bulgaria on September 3 because of the strong winds, the country’s meteorology institute has said. The areas […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin says he supports the idea of sending a delegation from the country’s parliament to Washington to urge members of the U.S. Congress not to support military […]
Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry said on September 2 that Kiril Zhelev has been appointed director of the Customs Agency. He replaces Vanyo Tanov, sacked on August 22. Tanov’s dismissal came as […]
Historians and researchers have protested the decision by the Bulgarian Cabinet to fire state archives agency director Martin Ivanov and the appointment of Ivan Komitski as replacement. In a letter […]
Bulgaria’s Parliament will hold a debate on the crisis on Syria, it emerged a day after head of state President Rossen Plevneliev called for the legislature to hold a debate […]
Archaeologists working on Bulgaria’s Perperikon site have found the skeleton of a male buried with a ploughshare in its chest, a find that professor Nikolai Ovcharov has already described as […]
In a letter to European Jewry ahead of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year 5774 that begins at sunset on September 4 2013, European Commission President José Manuel Barroso has […]
Anti-government protests demanding the immediate resignation of the Bulgarian Socialist Party administration reached their 80th day on September 1, with a new opinion poll showing the largest single share of […]
Russian politicians and analysts worked overtime this week trying to create a cloud of doubt around the Aug. 21 chemical attack in Damascus. On Friday, the White House report drew […]
