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In the Cold War days, Soviet spies in the United States faced tough tasks – identifying high value targets, and then persuading them to hand over America’s secrets. Today’s Kremlin […]
The head of United Nations mission in Kosovo strongly condemned a bombing on October 14 2013 in northern Mitrovica and called for a swift and thorough ...
Private companies have surpassed local authorities as concerns the weight of EU funds frauds while the overall number of frauds has tripled last year ...
Police in Moscow detained 1,200 migrants from Central Asia and the Caucasus in a raid Monday on a produce warehouse, following anti-migrant rioting tr ...
Sofia police have confirmed to local media that they are investigating who was involved in a blockade of convoy of Plamen Oresharski outside Sofia City Art Gallery, prompting the anti-government […]
The Sofia City Prosecutor’s Office has laid a charge of criminal misconduct against former cabinet chief secretary Rossen Zhelyazkov in connection with a large consignment of ballot papers found at […]
Bulgaria saw deflation on annual basis of 1.6 per cent in September 2013, with deflation from December 2012 to September coming in at 2.1 per cent, according to figures released […]
Italy and Malta have appealed for more assistance from other European states to help manage the sharp increase of arrivals of boat loads of refugees from sub-Saharan and northern Africa […]
Meeting in Sofia on October 14, Croatian president Ivo Josipović and his Bulgarian host, head of state Rossen Plevneliev, said that the two countries would encourage their private sectors to […]
Media reports that the Bulgarian Socialist Party government is planning to cut state administration staff numbers in 2014 were followed by mixed signals from cabinet ministers. On October 12, public […]
