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Bulgaria’s Movement for Rights and Freedoms, the third-largest party in the National Assembly, said on November 26 that it had expelled two MPs from its parliamentary group after they declined […]
The saga of Bulgaria’s long-delayed purchase of new military jet fighters to meet Nato requirements is set to continue unresolved for a few more years because the state will give […]
Romania’s ruling social-democrat party PSD expelled on November 27 several high ranking members who had voiced discontent over the presidential elections loss in which party leader Victor Ponta, the current […]
Roumen Porozhanov, who was finance minister in Bulgaria’s 2014 caretaker cabinet, is again being appointed to head the State Fund Agriculture – a post he held from 2011 to 2013, […]
The European Parliament urged Serbia on Thursday to take appropriate measures against a Serb ultra-nationalist for alleged “wartime rhetoric.” The parliament passed a resolution strongly condemning Vojislav Šešelj for what […]
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is lending 500 million euro to Bulgaria to co-finance priority projects supported by EU funds during the 2014 – 2020 Programming Period, the EIB said […]
The top U.S. general in Europe said he is alarmed at the Russian militarization of the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea and by provocative Russian military flights in NATO airspace. […]
Moldovan voters will head to polling stations on November 23 to elect a new parliament, a vote that is seen as a key test of the country’s course for closer […]
Plovdiv will feature a traditional German Christmas Market on the city’s Stefan Stambolov Square near the municipal headquarters from November 29 to December 28 2014. At wooden stalls put up […]
Get your skates on: Sofia and a number of Bulgarian towns will be offering Festive Season holidaymakers the chance to take a whirl around ice rinks. In the Bulgarian capital […]
