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France’s ambassador in Sofia, Xavier Lapeyre de Cabanes, has written to the leader of Bulgarian ultra-nationalist party VMRO querying the party’s placement of a newspaper notice commemorating the death of […]
For the second time in the space of one week, officials in Sofia and Moscow exchanged harsh words, after Russia’s foreign ministry said that an inte ...
The European Commission has proposed granting 10.5 million euro to Bulgaria to help cover emergency costs in dealing with the floods that hit parts of ...
Boiko Borissov says his GERB party will make the compromise in negotiations on a future government of other parties sharing responsibility by getting ...
Bulgarians hold about 400 million leva (about 204.69 million euro) in banks in Switzerland, according to calculations by Bulgaria’s National Revenue Agency. The revenue agency’s calculations were based on information […]
Sofia Opera and Ballet presents its production of Giacomo Puccini’s Madama Butterfly on October 24 at 7pm. Madama Butterfly (also Madame Butterfly) is a three-act opera based on John Luther […]
Romanian president Traian Basescu has called on the Romanian government to look into the option of nationalising a refinery run by Russian crude producer Lukoil if the company decides to […]
A member of the Executive Board of Germany’s central bank, Deutsche Bundesbank, says in less than a month, the European Central Bank (ECB) will assume “direct supervision” for 120 of […]
Ukraine’s October 26 parliamentary elections promise to be fun with Super Mario, Spider-Man and Wolverine participating. They are about to get tough competition, since Darth Vader, Chewbacca and Yoda are opposing […]
