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An emergency was declared in the Saedinenie municipality in the Plovdiv region on December 9 as heavy rains and floods continued in southern Bulgaria, while there was snowfall in the […]
Statements by Bulgarian Health Minister Petar Moskov that from December 8 ambulances would not respond to calls from addresses where medics had been a ...
Sofia-based think-tank Institute for Market Economics (IME) presented on December 9 its annual “alternative Budget” for 2015 – a leaner bill wit ...
Taxi and car-sharing firm Uber has launched its UberX ride-sharing service in Bulgarian capital city Sofia on December 9, the company said on its blog ...
Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia has ranked in the top 10 most affordable cities in the world for hotel and Airbnb accommodation, according to Berlin-based travel search website GoEuro.com. Sofia ranked […]
In January – September 2014, Bulgarian exports to other European Union countries were 2.1 per cent higher than in the same period of 2013, according to figures released on December […]
Bulgarian Orthodox Church clergy and laity held a peaceful protest outside the Sofia headquarters of the Holy Synod, the church’s governing body, on December 9 against the proposed promotion to […]
Bulgaria declared a “code orange” hazardous weather warning for December 9 for four regions of the country – Yambol, Haskovo, Kurdjali and Smolyan – because of expected heavy rainfall. Rainfall […]
The Greek government has caught everyone off guard with a surprise decision to bring forward the presidential election process as soon as possible. The first vote is to be held on December 17 […]
The foreign affairs chief of the European Union is leading a high-level delegation to Turkey to discuss Ankara’s role in battling the Islamic State group and to re-invigorate the country’s […]
