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A state of emergency was declared in Gulubovo municipality on the afternoon of December 5 as heavy rain swelled rivers, while a “code red” danger warning was issued for the […]
Bulgaria’s nationalist Patriotic Front (PF) will not proceed with its threats to withdraw its support for Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s ...
Bulgaria’s central bank governor Ivan Iskrov has warned that the country’s banking system may see further turbulence in 2015. Speaking at ...
The European Asylum Support Office (EASO) and Bulgaria signed on December 5 2014 a “special support plan” which provides for EASO tailor-m ...
Bulgarian ultra-nationalist Ataka party leader Volen Siderov has resigned as deputy head of the National Assembly’s foreign policy committee, a week after being elected to the post. Siderov’s resignation was […]
Firefighters and rescue teams have carried out more than 200 rescue operations in south-eastern Bulgaria in the past day, the Interior Ministry said on December 6. The previous day, about […]
Ukraine’s president Petro Poroshenko has ordered a new cease-fire next week, as part of a push to end months of fighting with pro-Russian rebels near the Russian border. Thursday’s announcement […]
Bulgaria is ready to join the European Union’s Schengen visa zone, and Europeans should be aware of the country’s level of preparedness so that Bulgaria can join Schengen as soon […]
The European Central Bank is predicting the economy in the continent’s 18-nation euro currency bloc will barely advance in the next two years. The bank projected Thursday that the eurozone […]
Turkey’s prime minister is set to visit Greece on Friday as tensions swell among regional neighbors over energy deposits in the Mediterranean Sea. Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu will be […]
