Bulgarian lorry drivers block border with Turkey, claim discrimination
Hundreds of Bulgarian lorry drivers blocked the two main checkpoints on the border with Turkey on May 9 in protest
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Year: 2013
Aston Villa, Bulgaria midfielder Petrov announces retirement
Midfielder Stiliyan Petrov, the former Bulgarian national football team and Aston Villa football club captain, has announced his retirement from
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‘The Cross in European Culture’ exhibition opens in Sofia on May 13
An exhibition entitled “The Cross in European Culture”, organised by the embassy of Ireland at the National Ethnographic Museum in
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2013 Sofia Science Festival opens on May 9
This year’s Sofia Science Festival is from May 9 to 12 in Oborishte Park in the centre of the Bulgarian
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Russia Watch: Behind Putin’s smile for Kerry
When Vladimir Putin smiles, take notice. A Russian friend once commented to me that one thing she likes about her
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Nabucco pipeline secures Bulgarian environmental permit
The consortium behind the planned Nabucco gas pipeline said on May 8 that it has received all the necessary environmental
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Bulgaria’s 2013 elections: When mudslinging sticks
One big issue ahead of Bulgaria’s May 12 2013 parliamentary elections is whether the eavesdropping controversy will have an impact
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Bulgarian prosecutors investigating 20 cases of alleged electoral fraud
Bulgarian prosecutors were working on 20 investigations of alleged electoral fraud, the country’s Deputy Interior Minister Filip Gounev said on
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Employers and landlords to be burdened by UK immigration step against EU migrants
Details are still awaited, but from what said in the British parliament on May 8, it is clear that employers
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