Borissov and Tsvetanov – tandem on the rocks?
On the eve of Bulgaria’s former ruling party GERB’s national congress, one that is expected to usher in some change
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Day: February 14, 2014
President Plevneliev speaks out on Bulgaria’s North Korea controversy
Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev has spoken out sharply on statements by the government on a bilateral agreement with North Korea
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Major row sinks third day of voting on Bulgaria’s controversial new election code
The Movement for Rights and Freedoms, the party led and supported in the main by Bulgarians of Turkish ethnicity and
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Anti-Islamic mob of ‘football fans’ smashes windows of Plovdiv mosque
Hurling paving stones, rocks and fireworks, a large mob of protesters – many of them from football fan clubs –
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Organisers of far-right ‘Lukov March’ vow to defy Sofia municipality’s ban
Organisers of the far-right “Lukov March” torchlight procession have vowed to defy the ban on the march imposed by Sofia
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Bulgaria’s economy grows by 0.4% in Q4 2013
Bulgaria’s economy grew by 0.7 per cent in the last quarter of 2013, compared to the previous three months, the
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Bulgaria reports annual deflation of 2.2% in January
Bulgaria’s consumer price index shrank by 0.2 per cent in January 2014, with year-on-year figure showing 2.2 per cent deflation,
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Bumpy road ahead in Bulgarian-Turkish lorry transit dispute
The lorry blockade at the Bulgarian-Turkish border has been cleared but the dispute that led to it has not. An
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A taste of Bulgaria’s wine market
Apart from various VIPs plunging into vineyards to try their hand at vine-pruning, Bulgaria’s annual Trifon Zarezan celebration on February
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