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The Administrative Court in the Bulgarian Black Sea city of Bourgas handed down a judgment on February 14 opening the way for a construction project halted amid the “Dunegate” controversy […]
Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB party has finessed the Tsvetan Tsvetanov problem by adding two additional deputy leaders to the party. Tsveta ...
Snowboarder Alexandra Zhekova, seen before the start of the Winter Games in Sochi as Bulgaria’s best chance for an Olympic medal, finished fifth in ...
Opponents and critics of the Bulgarian Socialist Party government have seized with glee on a series of media reports arising from investigations by th ...
The United Nations human rights office has expressed concerns about a bill allowing Turkey’s telecommunications authority (Turkish Telecommunications Directorate) the power to block websites without having to seek a court […]
Turkey’s parliament has approved a law giving the government more power over the council that appoints and oversees judges and prosecutors. The opposition said the law will limit the judiciary’s […]
After another round of extensive talks, the EU and Turkey have welcomed an agreement via a joint declaration on the long-running Cyprus situation, with progress made concerning several other obstacles […]
A bomb scare forced hundreds of extreme right-wing demonstrators to relocate their “day of honour” ceremonies from Clark Ádám tér on February 15 2014. After clashes with anti-fascist activists were […]
