The case of baby Maria: Understanding Europe’s Roma
For more than a week now much of the global media has been fixated on “baby Maria,” a young blond
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Year: 2013
‘Occupation’ of lecture hall at Sofia University to continue indefinitely
Students at the St Kliment Ohridski University in Sofia, who “occupied” the university’s largest lecture hall on October 23, said
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Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court rules that tax on deposit interest is legal
Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court has ruled that the taxation of income from bank deposits that had been paid in advance was
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Bulgaria speeds process of granting refugee status
Bulgaria has granted formal refugee status to 170 people in the past 20 days alone, bringing the count in the
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Bulgarian government trying to dig itself out of land sale moratorium hole
The Bulgarian Socialist Party government wants to find a way to scrap the resolution handed to it by Parliament, supported
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Bulgarian couple questioned in ‘Maria’ case
DNA tests were to be conducted on a Bulgarian couple who were questioned by police for more than three hours
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The Guardian: US spied on 35 world leaders
The Guardian newspaper reports that White House, Pentagon and State Department officials confirm the United States spied on the phone conversations
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Clocks change to winter time on October 27 2013
Clocks in Bulgaria change to winter time at 4am on October 27 2013, going back an hour to 3am. Bulgaria
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Easing Bulgaria’s smoking ban: Economy committee for, health committee against
A question mark hangs over the bid to backtrack Bulgaria’s full ban on smoking in enclosed public places such as
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