Turkey’s row with NATO about Chinese missiles continues
NATO insists on warning Ankara against the decision to acquire long-range missile systems from China. Following a defence ministers meeting
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Year: 2013
Greece’s coalition government lays out policy targets
As Eurostat released data on Wednesday showing Greece’s public debt reached 169.1 percent of the country’s GDP in the second
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Bulgaria’s draft 2014 Budget banking on economic recovery
Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry published the 2014 draft Budget bill on October 23, targeting higher economic growth through increased deficit spending.
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Bulgarian Socialist Party leadership in bid for damage control on ban on land sales to foreigners
The Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) leadership will provide enough MPs to make up the numbers of a Movement for Rights
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Peevski protests: Students take over Sofia University lecture hall
Students at Bulgaria’s oldest university, the St Kliment Ohridski University in Sofia, “occupied” the university’s largest lecture hall on October
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Prosecutors investigating Plovdiv mayor tape controversy
Prosecutors have begun an investigation after audio tapes were posted online purported to be of Plovdiv mayor Ivan Totev talking
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Bulgaria may allow municipalities to apply for financial aid to cope with refugee influx
The Bulgarian government may allow municipalities to apply for financial aid to cope with the influx of refugees, reports on
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Parliament’s vote on extending ban on sale of land to foreigners could head to Constitutional Court
The Bulgarian Parliament’s vote to approve a call by ultra-nationalist Ataka party leader Volen Siderov to extend the moratorium on
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Greece asks Interpol for help in seeking parents of Maria
Greek authorities have asked international police agency Interpol to assist their efforts to identify a young blonde girl found living
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