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A 30-second television advert, launched on November 24 2014 and expected to be seen by millions of Bulgarians over the next month, is part of an innovative anti-xenophobia campaign which […]
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization warned on November 24 2014 that a new bird flu strain detected in Europe poses a significant thre ...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Monday that women are not equal to men, saying Islam has defined a position for women: motherhood. Speakin ...
The decision of the prefect of Edirne, Dursun Şahin, to prohibit the use of the synagogue in the city – as punishment, he said, for Israel’s ...
A new website, agentibg.com, was launched on November 24, offering searchable details of people identified as having worked for Bulgaria’s communist-era State Security and military intelligence. The site, in Bulgarian […]
The new European Commission that took office at the beginning of October 2014 intends keeping in place its mechanism of monitoring Bulgaria’s and Romania’s performances in judicial reform and the […]
Bulgaria’s bank deposit guarantee fund named on November 24 the nine banks that will handle the payouts of depositors in the Corporate Commercial Bank (CCB), scheduled to start on December […]
Russia’s finance minister says Russia is on a course to lose more than $100 billion due to Western sanctions and falling oil prices. Anton Siluanov said Monday at an economic […]
Construction of Plovdiv’s new zoo started on November 24, a 4.5 million leva project that will quadruple the size of the site to four hectares. The zoo has been closed […]
Bansko was voted Bulgaria’s best ski resort for the second consecutive year at the World Ski Awards, conferred on November 22 2014, according to a media statement by organisers of […]
