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Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) said on November 19 that it authorised the administrators of Victoria Bank, a subsidiary of the Corporate Commercial Bank (CCB), to begin the sale of the […]
Bulgarian MPs rejected at first reading on November 19 two separate bills proposing to scrap the flat tax rate and the re-introduced progressive taxat ...
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has told a cabinet meeting he wants urgent reforms to stop traffic police racketeering motorists for bribes, a ...
Animal protection organisation Four Paws has opened an exhibition of photos of Sofia’s stray dogs and cats by Dutch photographer Marcel Fens. T ...
Bulgaria’s Government approved the appointment of Radoslav Milenkov as chairperson of the managing board of the state bank deposit guarantee fund, the Cabinet’s media service said on November 19. Milenkov […]
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov is sending five to six cabinet ministers to Brussels to plead for the speeding up of the release of European Union funds, as the country […]
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov and nationalist party leader Valeri Simeonov are to hold talks on the evening of November 19 after Simeonov threatened to withdraw support for Borissov’s government […]
Footage viewed tens of thousands of times online of a Bulgarian traffic policeman accepting a cash bribe has propelled him to an unwanted form of national celebrity and excited comment […]
Turkey, a NATO member and European Union applicant, is witnessing a surge in xenophobia, according to new research by Washington-based Pew Research Center. Findings of the new survey coincide with […]
Ukraine’s military is preparing to repel a possible assault by Russian-backed rebels in the east following reports of Russian military reinforcements crossing the border. Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko said Monday [&hellip ...
