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Bulgaria’s June 2012 full ban on smoking in public places such as restaurants and bars remains in place after Parliament voted on December 12 2013 to reject two amendment bills […]
Plamen Petkov, the Bulgarian-British dual national, has been awarded posthumously the Queen’s Gallantry Medal for his heroic saving of a young girl from drowning. Queen Elizabeth II’s conferring of the […]
While the Eurogroup is ready to send the next tranche of financial assistance to Cyprus, an investigation, led by the Cypriot Attorney General, is searching for those responsible for the […]
The jailed members of Russian punk band Pussy Riot may soon be free. The judicial collegium for criminal cases of the Russian Federation Supreme Court gave an opinion that the […]
Radical-right parliamentary party Jobbik has competition. Former Jobbik representative András Kisgergely has founded a party called Hungarian Dawn, modelled on the Greek neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn. Kisgergely and his companions […]
A vote by residents of the village of Dobrovíz near Prague against having an Amazon warehouse is unlikely to prevent the project being built, the scheme’s developer has said. Only […]
“Go to Russia, Go to Russia,” chanted protesters as three buses loaded with Ukrainian riot police slowly retreated from their unsuccessful attack on pro-European protesters occupying Kyiv’s City Hall. Riot […]
The first Sofia International Literary Festival is on until December 15 2013 in the marble foyer of the National Palace of Culture, NDK, in the Bulgarian capital city. The festival’s […]
