Prague will lighten up
Paris may be known as the City of Light, but soon Prague will be trying to lay claim to that
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Year: 2013
Bulgaria’s ban on former communist secret agents heading public media is unconstitutional, court says
Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court has overturned provisions in a 1998 law barring officers and staff of the communist-era State Security secret
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Bulgaria ‘plans restrictions’ after ban on foreigners buying land is lifted in 2014
After the ban on foreigners buying land in Bulgaria expires on January 1 2014, the plan is to still impose
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New bid to challenge Peevski’s MP status in Constitutional Court
The Reformist Bloc, a group of seven right-wing and centrist parties that are not represented in the current Parliament, have
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Arab ambassadors visit refugee centre in Sofia
Ambassadors of Arab countries accredited in Sofia were to visit a refugee centre in the Bulgarian capital city on October
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Bulgaria’s protests, the sound and the fury
Rather like the fine lady in the nursery rhyme, who has rings on her fingers and bells on her toes,
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Chemical weapons watchdog wins 2013 Nobel Peace Prize
This year’s Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, which is currently
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Bulgaria to change driving licence test system after probe finds corruption
From 2014, candidates for driving licences in Bulgaria will do theory tests on tablets instead of paper, a change to
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Bail-in victims to challenge troika’s policies at the ECJ
Dozens of Cypriot depositors and others who have been affected by the so-called “bail-in” imposed on the island country by
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