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Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv now boasts the longest pedestrian zone in Europe, beating previous record-holder Copenhagen, according to mayor Ivan Totev. After the formal opening of the latest stretch of […]
The European Union has threatened Russia with new sanctions if Moscow continues its military activity in eastern Ukraine. But the EU is deeply divided ...
A top European official says Russia is pushing the conflict in eastern Ukraine to the “point of no return,” and that the European Union ma ...
President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso met with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in Brussels to discuss the situation in Ukrain ...
A special summit of European Union leaders on August 30 named Polish prime minister Donald Tusk as the next President of the European Council and Italy’s Federica Mogherini as the […]
In his victory speech after securing his new post, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan mentioned a “new Turkey” and delivered a conciliatory message promising to embrace all groups within the country. […]
Ukraine is on its way to shed its non-aligned status and will move towards applying for NATO membership, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk announced on August 29. His cabinet gave a […]
Ukrainian security officials on Friday said Russian forces have tightened their control on territory in eastern Ukraine after crossing the border to support separatist rebels. Meanwhile, a new United Nations […]
Bulgaria’s caretaker Finance Minister Roumen Porozhanov said on August 29 that the country was ready to submit to the European Commission the restructuring plan required by the EC as a […]
Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria’s non-financial sector was 4.5 per cent higher in 2013 than in 2012, according to preliminary data released by the National Statistical Institute on August 29 […]
