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Ukraine’s parliament voted to approve the country’s new leadership Thursday, amid protests by some who believe the government is being formed before people have enough time to study the candidates. […]
Lego saw its sales increase by 10 per cent in 2013, the company announced on February 27 2014 – meaning they have quadrupled over the past decade. The news comes […]
Visiting Sofia on February 27, Turkish foreign minister Ahmet Davutoglu expressed confidence that bilateral trade with Bulgaria – currently at about three billion euro – could reach as high as […]
More than 450 000 of the 500 000 signatures from Bulgarian citizens needed to petition the National Assembly to call a national referendum on electoral reform have been collected, initiator […]
The head of Bulgaria’s National Security Service, which is in charge of close personal protection for domestic and foreign top state officials, has resigned, President Rossen Plevneliev confirmed to reporters […]
Viktor Yanukovych has made an address to the people of Ukraine to declare that he still considers himself the legitimately elected president of Ukraine. In the meantime, citing a Russian […]
Ukraine’s acting interior minister Arsen Avakov put police and security forces on alert after buildings of the Crimean parliament and administration were seized just before dawn on February 27 by […]
Belgian retailer Delhaize Group said that it signed an agreement with AP Mart on February 26 to sell its operations in Bulgaria. AP Mart is a company still in process […]
The European Parliament voted on February 27 2014 to approve abolishing visa requirements for citizens of Moldova who have biometric passports. The move still requires approval by the European Council. […]
Bulgaria’s cabinet is to be asked to add three million leva to the budget for the controversial “Bulgarian Louvre” project to complete it. Building of the project, officially known as […]
