What’s on: Bansko Jazz Festival
Bulgaria’s mountain resort of Bansko, best known for its ski slopes in winter, has been a permanent fixtures on the
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Year: 2013
Greek finance ministry steps up crackdown on tax cheats
A Greek government legislative act will allow relevant authorities to proceed with confiscations against tax-evading businesses on weekends, during any
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Czech man’s colander ID victory may be short lived
A member of the spoof religion that worships the Flying Spaghetti Monster recently won the right to wear a spaghetti
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‘Code yellow’ heat wave warning in Bulgaria
A code “yellow” weather warning has been issued for 14 districts in Bulgaria on August 8 due to high temperatures,
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Bulgaria’s ruling socialists to call Parliament sitting after Budget veto
Bulgaria’s socialists, one of the two parties in the ruling coalition, said on August that the party would call an
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Bulgarian President vetoes Budget revision
Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev said on August 7 that he vetoed parts of the Budget revision bill, which Parliament passed
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Bulgaria records highest grain harvest in eight years – minister
Bulgaria’s Agriculture Minister Dimitar Grekov said on August 7 that this year’s wheat harvest was the highest in eight years,
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Iron Age necropolis near Strouma motorway in Bulgaria destroyed
Part of an early Iron Age necropolis in Doupnitsa district in southwestern Bulgaria, in the immediate vicinity of the recently-launched
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Bulgarian Cabinet to pay 130 000 leva to relatives of Oranovo miners’ relatives, rescuers
Bulgaria’s Cabinet approved on August 7 the payment of one-off aid to the relatives of miners who died in the
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