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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Month: February 2014
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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Sofia city hall begins reconstruction of Lions Bridge intersection
Sofia’s landmark Luvov Most (Lions Bridge) intersection will be closed to traffic for most of this year, owing to the
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Bosnian Spring has arrived early
Over the past week, Bosnia-Herzegovina has returned to the international spotlight. What started in the formerly strong industrial town of
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Ukraine: Police, protesters exchange threats as deadlines loom
As Ukraine’s anti-government EuroMaidan protests stretch into their third month, attitudes are hardening on both sides of the barricades as
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CCI and Cineworld cleared to merge movie theatre businesses
Polish cinema operator CCI, the largest cinema operator in CEE, and British movie theatre giant Cineworld got Poland’s antitrust body
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