TV investigation finds illegal Koranic boarding schools in Bulgaria
Free-of-charge education in the Koran is being offered at unregistered Muslim boarding schools in Bulgaria, according to a hidden-camera investigation
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Month: September 2014
Bulgarian political parties embark on campaign trail for October elections
From the massive to the muted, the campaigns of Bulgaria’s political parties are getting underway ahead of the country’s ahead-of-term
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New fundraising appeal after floods in Bulgaria
The Bulgarian Red Cross has started a new fundraising appeal to help people hit by floods that swept part of
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Ceasefire takes hold in Ukraine as Russia lashes out at new potential sanctions
A cease-fire between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian separatists appeared to take hold Saturday in eastern Ukraine, raising prospects for at
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Three dead in floods in Bulgaria’s Bourgas district
Three people have drowned in floods in the Bourgas region on Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast, the Interior Ministry and local
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Bulgaria’s Plovdiv named as European Capital of Culture 2019
Bulgaria’s city of Plovdiv has been named as European Capital of Culture 2019. The announcement was made at a special
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Plovdiv – European Capital of Culture 2019: Photo Gallery
Photographs of scenes from Plovdiv, named on September 5 2014 as an international jury’s recommendation for European Capital of Culture
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EC rules Bulgaria’s controversial land swops as incompatible state aid
The European Commission has ordered Bulgarian authorities to recover incompatible state aid from companies that benefitted from controversial land swops
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NATO announces rapid reaction force
NATO leaders have approved sending military equipment to Eastern Europe as a potential deterrent to further aggressive moves by Russia,
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