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Bulgaria’s lawmakers passed the proposed 2014 Budget revision on November 18, following nearly seven hours of debate. The vote passed 123 votes in favour, 42 against and 41 abstentions. In […]
The bodies of four refugees were found on November 18 near the village of Kiryaevo in the Vidin area of northern Bulgaria, close to the Serbian border ...
Boiko Borissov’s centre-right party GERB spent more than 2.8 million leva on its campaign ahead of Bulgaria’s early parliamentary election ...
Bulgaria granted citizenship to 1700 people in 2012, about 23.4 per cent of them Russians, according to figures released on November 18 2014 by Europe ...
Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry has strongly condemned the attack on a synagogue and religious school in Jerusalem that left four Israelis dead and eight injured. Of those killed in the terrorist […]
Romania’s foreign minister Teodor Melescanu resigned on November 18, only eight days after his appointment, following the large outcry over the poor organisation of voting abroad in the presidential election […]
Bulgarian pensioners who get pensions of up to 286 leva (about 146 euro) a month will be paid bonuses of up to 40 leva this Christmas, Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said […]
The Cedar Foundation is organising another pub quiz to be held on November 20 at JJ Murphy’s pub in Sofia (6 Karnigradska Street), starting at 7.30pm. Proceeds from the event […]
Nationalist coalition the Patriotic Front is considering withdrawing its support for Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s cabinet because of the appointment of a deputy minister that PF co-leader Valeri Simeonov describes […]
The European Union has imposed fresh sanctions on Ukrainian separatists, but is holding back on new sanctions against Russia. Decision by EU foreign ministers taken amid deepening tensions between the […]
