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A third suspect was arrested on December 3 in connection with the serious assault and robbery two days earlier of three refugees in Sofia, Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry said. The three […]
With protesters occupying Kiev’s Independence Square, the Ukrainian president, Viktor Yanukovych, is facing the prospect of a general strike amid an ...
Thousands of Ukrainians remain on the streets in Kyiv, demanding the resignation of the country’s government as well as its President, Viktor Yanuko ...
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry urged the Ukrainian government on Tuesday to “listen to the voices of its people” after President Viktor Yanuko ...
Envoys from Bulgaria’s anti-government Protest Network were scheduled to leave for Ukraine on December 3 2013 to show solidarity with protest movements and students in Kyiv. The representatives being sent […]
Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev took part in a Chanukah candle-lighting ceremony at Sofia Central Synagogue on December 3 2013. Chanukah – the eight-day festival of light that begins on the […]
The resignation of one of centre-right opposition party GERB’s MPs from its parliamentary group sparked surprise in the 42nd National Assembly. Georgi Markov, a 45-year-old economist who was party leader […]
Bulgaria came in at 47th place out of 65 countries whose 15-year-old pupils took part in an international assessment of mathematics skills. Only two European countries ranked lower – Montenegro […]
The Ukrainian parliament has rejected an opposition motion to hold a no-confidence vote on the government of Prime Minister Mykola Azarov, after days of protests over Ukraine’s failure to sign […]
Bulgaria’s authorities must send a clear message that they will take all necessary measures to curb the growing spate of attacks against refugees and migrants on the streets of the […]
