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The district court in the Bulgarian town of Lovech overturned the acquittal earlier by a lower court of a man with multiple sclerosis on marijuana possession charges. The March 27 […]
One swallow may not a summer make, but once again mid-April has seen a flight in of the early birds of Bulgaria’s Sunny Beach tourism season, a ...
A statement of historical importance was issued by the Turkish prime minister’s communications office regarding the Armenian genocide. April 24 is t ...
The official campaign period in Bulgaria’s May 25 2014 European Parliament elections starts on April 25. Fifteen parties, six coalitions and six ...
Bulgarian Foreign Minister Kristian Vigenin has re-iterated Sofia’s commitment to the South Stream gas pipeline, saying that Bulgaria will do everything possible to ensure that the pipeline is built. Vigenin […]
Famous Serbian filmmaker Emir Kusturica has unveiled a monument to Gavrilo Princip, the revolutionary that assassinated Austro-Hungarian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie in 1914, during the monarch’s visit […]
The electoral campaigns for the early parliamentary elections and for the second round of the presidential elections in Macedonia has entered the final phase. On April 27, the country is […]
The United States is sending about 600 paratroopers to Poland and the Baltic states in an expansion meant to underscore its commitment to NATO allies as a result of escalating […]
Italian energy group Enel has submitted three applications to search for oil in three different areas of Greece. The Greek energy ministry announced on April 22 that the energy giant […]
Vienna-based Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe has called for the immediate release of Simon Ostrovsky, a journalist with Vice News whose gutsy video reports has shed light on […]
