Soviet Army monument in Sofia painted pink to apologise for Prague Spring
A metal bas-relief, part of the Soviet Army monument in Bulgarian capital city Sofia, has been painted pink overnight, with
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Year: 2013
Samaras puts brakes on initiative to lift moratorium on home repossessions
Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras was quick to end speculation about the government going ahead with a troika-backed controversial initiative
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Polish government approves 2013 budget amendment
Poland’s government has amended the 2013 budget to better fit slow economic growth, allowing the 2013 deficit to rise by
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Bulgaria’s capacity to host refugees ‘exhausted’, official says
The capacity of Bulgaria to host refugees is exhausted, an official said, as figures emerged showing that the country is
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Bulgarian court orders disclosure of Belene nuclear plant study
Sofia’s administrative court ruled to make public, subject to freedom of information request, all the information regarding the feasibility study
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14th-century poison ring found near Bulgaria’s Kavarna
Bulgarian archaeologists working on the remains of the medieval fortress on Cape Kaliakra, near the town of Kavarna on the
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Greece’s privatisation agency chief sacked
The chairman of Greece’s Privatisation Agency TAIPED, Stelios Stavridis, was sacked by the country’s Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras for using
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Gay rights roil former Soviet Georgia
Gay rights have spread in the West, but a backlash is taking hold in the former Soviet Union. Russia’s new
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Unesco chief Irina Bokova deplores damage to cultural heritage sites in Egypt
The head of the United Nations cultural agency has expressed grave concern for Egypt’s cultural heritage following reports that a
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