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NATO will suspend “all practical civilian and military cooperation” with Russia because of Moscow’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea. In a joint statement following a meeting about Ukraine in Brussels, the […]
The European Commission (EC) has announced proposed changes to the EU’s Schengen visa system that it says will simplify procedures and benefit t ...
Bulgaria’s Prosecutor’s Office said on April 1 that it pressed charges of malfeasance against the former head of the government air squadron, Penc ...
Unemployment in Bulgaria was 13.1 per cent in February 2014, above the European Union average that month, which was 10.6 per cent, according to season ...
A total of 28 direct flights to and from Sofia have been cancelled as a result of the strike by the German pilots union, Lufthansa Group said. The industrial action […]
There were systematic violations of human rights in Bulgaria in 2013, watchdog group the Bulgarian Helsinki Committee said in its annual report, released on April 1. During the year, the […]
European countries must not transfer any asylum seekers to Bulgaria until the country truly improves its appalling reception conditions and addresses its deeply flawed asylum procedures, human rights advocacy group […]
Legislative amendments tabled by a Bulgarian Socialist Party MP to ban private debt collectors from being hired by the state and municipalities and to cut back collectors’ charges are linked […]
Poland’s gas monopolist PGNiG signed a co-operation deal with US fuel giant Chevron on joint exploration of four shale gas licences, two of PGNiG and two of Chevron, PGNiG said […]
