Lavrov says Russia will not interfere in Ukraine
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says Moscow will not interfere in the political unrest in neighboring Ukraine and says other
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Year: 2013
Bulgaria has highest death rate in EU – official
Bulgaria has the highest mortality rate in the European Union, with infant mortality double the rate of the rest of
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Bulgarian Socialist Party MP in call to neuter commission disclosing communist State Security agents
The head of the Bulgarian Parliament’s internal affairs committee, Atanas Merdzhanov of the Bulgarian Socialist Party, has said that he
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Oresharski’s backflip on blunder on threat to public servants taking part in anti-government protests
Plamen Oresharski has gone into full reverse on his controversial statement on November 15 that people on the public payroll
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Bulgarian MPs approve first reading of Gambling Act amendments
Members of Bulgaria’s Parliament voted on December 4 2013 to approve the first reading of Gambling Act amendments that bring
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EC fines eight banks 1.71B euro for fixing interbank rates
The European Commission said on December 4 that it fined eight international financial groups a total of 1.71 billion euro
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Two Romanian former cabinet ministers jailed for treason and corruption
Codrut Seres, Romania’s economy minister from 2004 to 2006, and Zsolt Nagy, telecommunications minister from 2004-2007 were sentenced on December 3
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TV investigation exposes illegal market in Bulgarian passports for migrants
A hidden-camera investigation by local television station bTV has exposed an illegal market in selling Bulgarian identity documents and passports
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Bulgaria’s economy bounces back in Q3 2013
Bulgaria’s economy recorded 0.5 per cent growth in the third quarter of the year, compared to the second quarter, the
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