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Bulgaria’s Parliament rejected on June 17 proposals to hold a referendum on electoral rules, proposed earlier this year by President Rossen Plevneliev. Several motions have been put forward, with the […]
Bulgarian Socialist Party leader Sergei Stanishev said that coming political consultations would determine when the cabinet would resign, adding that ...
The June 17 meeting of the Consultative Council on National Security left Bulgarians little the wiser on when early parliamentary elections will be, a ...
Bulgaria is to hold early national parliamentary elections on a date between September 28 and October 12 2014, President Rossen Plevneliev said after ...
Political efforts continue in Kosovo to secure a majority in the parliament of the country, which would lead to the formation of a government. While the Democratic Party of Kosovo […]
Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first four months of 2014 stood at 218.5 million euro, the equivalent of 0.5 per cent of the gross domestic product (GDP), according […]
The Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s governing body, the Holy Synod, has made its by-now customary call for the cancellation of the Sofia Pride parade, which in 2014 is scheduled for June […]
Russia and Ukraine, once brotherly nations, are fighting over natural gas deliveries and military aid. Russia has stopped buying potatoes from Ukraine and selling gas to Ukraine. In return, Ukraine […]
US singer-songwriter and pianist Tori Amos brings her Unrepentant Geraldines world tour to the National Palace of Culture, NDK, in Sofia on June 20 at 7.30pm. The tour, which began […]
The Supreme Court confirmed on June 13 2014 the first verdict against former Prime Minister of Croatia Ivo Sanader for war profiteering in the case of Hypo and for receiving […]
