Bulgaria’s CCB saga and the central bank’s crisis of legitimacy
Amid the continued uncertainty surrounding the fate of Corporate Commercial Bank (CCB), Bulgaria’s fourth-largest lender before it was put under
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Day: September 24, 2014
Ultra-nationalist party ‘occupies’ Central Election Commission over campaign ad ban
Candidate MPs from the far-right ultra-nationalist Bulgarian National Union-New Democracy party “occupied” the Sofia headquarters of the Central Election Commission
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Xenophobia and anti-Semitism in Europe cannot be tolerated, Plevneliev says
Expressions of xenophobia and anti-Semitism in Europe cannot be tolerated and it is unacceptable for political parties in European Union
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More than 1000 arrested in biggest-ever operation in EU against organised crime
A total of 1027 people have been arrested in the largest-ever co-ordinated operation against organised crime in the European Union,
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Bulgaria’s election day will decrease police at Turkish border – report
The number of Bulgarian police on duty at the border with Turkey to deal with the influx of refugees will
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Bulgarian elections 2014: Only 16 candidate MPs take up Mensa offer of IQ test
A total of 5232 people are standing as candidates in Bulgaria’s October 5 2014 early parliamentary elections – but only
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Bulgaria sees new protests against shale gas
Enviromental conservation organisations in Bulgaria planned protests on September 24 2014 in the country’s three largest cities – Sofia, Plovdiv
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Bulgarian President: Climate change not an illusion, requires global response
Climate change is not an illusion, Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev told the UN Climate Summit 2014, citing the series of
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