Bulgaria awaits outcome of tests for horsemeat in lasagna
Bulgaria is awaiting the outcome of tests on 86kg of samples from lasagna confiscated from a supermarket chain on February
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Year: 2013
Bulgarian socialist leader Stanishev sees his party as Churchill to Borissov’s Hitler
Likening his Bulgarian Socialist Party as Churchill to Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s ruling GERB party as Hitler, socialist leader Sergei
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Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s Holy Synod chooses shortlist of three candidates in Patriarchal election
After a day and a half of voting in more than 24 rounds, the governing body of the Bulgarian Orthodox
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Bulgaria in no hurry to join euro zone, Finance Minister Dyankov says
Bulgaria will wait “probably a number of additional years, until the dust settles” before seeking to join the euro, Finance
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Holy Synod secret voting on candidates for Bulgarian Orthodox Church Patriarch goes to 15th round
Voting by the Holy Synod, the governing body of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, on which three of its number should
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Horsemeat scandal: EU committee agrees on immediate start to testing, EC to pay 75%
The European Union’s Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health agreed at a February 15 2013 meeting, held
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Bulgarian household income grows at rate slightly higher than spending, statistical institute says
Bulgarian household income per head was 16.1 per cent higher in the fourth quarter of 2012 than in Q4 2011,
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Frustrated at lack of progress in ending political stalemate, European Commissioner cancels Skopje visit
European Enlargement Commissioner Štefan Füle has cancelled a planned visit to Skopje, saying that he is frustrated at the lack
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Hamas group expelled from Bulgaria: Update 3
A group of three representatives of Hamas was escorted by police to Sofia Airport on February 15 2013 after being
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