Potemkin Olympics or Palm Tree Olympics?
In Sochi today, the most carefully watched page is not the Olympic medals count. It is the weather forecast. Down
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Day: February 12, 2014
Bulgarian President Plevneliev slams ‘secret plans’ in election bill
Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev has issued a strongly-worded statement hitting out at “underhand scenarios” regarding the draft election law. Plevneliev’s
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Could Oresharski replace Dennis Rodman as Kim Jong Un’s new BFF?
Having survived a third vote of no confidence on the morning of February 12, Bulgaria’s cabinet apparently decided to shoot
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Bulgarian Socialist Party to propose new restrictions on foreigners owning farmland
In spite of the Constitutional Court having thrown out a parliamentary resolution seeking an extension on the moratorium on the
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Bulgarian Cabinet approves latest batch of red-tape cutting measures
Bulgaria’s Cabinet approved on February 12 the third package of measures meant to “reduce the regulatory burden” on the local
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Botox or full surgery? Bulgaria’s Parliament debates election laws
Lengthy hours were consumed in debate on the second reading in Parliament of the Bulgarian Socialist Party-driven draft new elections
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Queue of lorries at Bulgarian-Turkish border reaches 15km
The queue of lorries at the Bulgarian-Turkish border resulting from the dispute between the two countries over truck transit permits
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Vote of no confidence in Bulgarian cabinet defeated
The votes of Bulgarian Socialist Party and Movement for Rights and Freedoms MPs, the parties in the ruling axis, defeated
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Bulgaria ranks worst among EU countries in 2014 World Press Freedom index
Bulgaria has been ranked the worst among European Union countries in Reporters Without Borders’ 2014 World Press Freedom index, coming
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