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Bulgarian MPs passed the 2015 Budget Act at first reading on December 8, with 130 votes in favour from the four parties backing the government of Prime Minister Boiko Borissov […]
Patriotic Front MP Slavi Binev resigned on December 8 as head of the Bulgarian Parliament’s committee on culture and the media after his electio ...
Bulgarian traffic police are stepping up checks for drink-driving and those behind the wheel after using illegal drugs, part of an annual operation co ...
The ethics committee of Bulgaria’s Supreme Judicial Council has begun an investigation into whether Sofia City Court Judge Roumyana Chenalova violat ...
The former head of Bulgaria’s State Agency for National Security (SANS) has been missing since December 5, local media reported on December 8. Police were trying “unofficially” to find Petko […]
Ten villages in the Elhovo region entered their second week without electricity on December 8 after power lines froze. Bulgarian National Television reported that the supply system infrastructure was in […]
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is bitterly accusing Russia of trying to meddle with the desires of eastern European countries to pursue a path of integration with the European Union. Merkel […]
