Prosecutors charge Bulgaria’s former agriculture minister Naidenov
Prosecutors from a unit charged with fighting EU funds mismanagement have pressed charges against Bulgaria’s former agriculture minister Miroslav Naidenov,
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Year: 2013
Bulgaria’s rate of births out of wedlock among highest in EU
Bulgaria’s rate of births outside marriage, at 56 per cent the same as France, puts the country at third place
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Bulgaria unveils ‘energy sector stability’ measures
Bulgaria’s caretaker Economy Minister Assen Vassilev presented on March 26 a series of measures meant to “guarantee the security of
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Bulgaria again bottom of EU’s innovation scoreboard
Bulgaria again ranks bottom in the European Union’s 2013 scoreboard of innovation performance, having been at or near the lowest
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Mudslinging in spat as CCB boss derides Bulgarian President Plevneliev
A sideshow of mudslinging has broken out after Corporate Commercial Bank majority shareholder Tsvetan Vassilev, one of Bulgaria’s wealthiest business
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Andy Murray overcomes Bulgaria’s Dimitrov after shaky start
Second seed Andy Murray overcame a shaky start to progress to the last 16 of the Sony Open in Miami,
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Close to 500 people requested refugee status in Bulgaria in first two months of 2013
A total of 476 people applied for refugee status in the first two months of 2013, according to State Agency
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Cyprus: Bailout terms ‘painful’ but necessary
Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades says the terms of his country’s new $13 billion bailout are “painful,” but that he had
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More parties register for Bulgaria’s May 12 early elections
The process of Bulgaria’s Central Election Commission accepting applications by political parties to register to stand in the May 12
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