Prokopis Pavlopoulos elected as president of Greece
Former interior minister Prokopis Pavlopoulos was elected the new President of Greece on February 18 2015. Prokopis Pavlopoulos, the candidate
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Day: February 18, 2015
Plovdiv traffic police fine ambulances for speeding
Traffic police in Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv have issued speeding fines to 10 ambulances transporting patients in critical condition in
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Day of high political drama as Bulgarian PM threatens resignation if 8BN euro debt vote fails
Voting by Bulgaria’s Parliament on ratification of the country incurring new external debt of eight billion euro over the next
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Protest to be held in Sofia against ‘Kremlin’s aggressive information campaign in Bulgaria’
A protest is to be held in Sofia on February 21 2015 calling for the “termination of the Kremlin’s information
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Bulgarian government provides more firewood for border police facing winter migrant crossings
Bulgaria’s cabinet agreed on February 18 to provide additional firewood to police on duty at border areas where there are
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Balkans’ largest wine exhibition Vinaria opens in Plovdiv on March 4 2015
Vinaria, the largest wine exhibition on the Balkans, is to be held in Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv for the 23rd
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Ukraine military pulls out of besieged town
Ukraine’s president said his government’s forces are pulling out of the contested eastern Ukrainian town of Debaltseve, which has been
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Commission on Bansko ski zone delays findings by 10 days
The interdepartmental commission investigating the ski zone in Bansko, where there is continuing controversy about plans for expanded ski facilities
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Bulgaria to change law to make indoor smoking ban more effective – Health Minister
Bulgaria’s Health Ministry has no intention of easing the ban on smoking indoors in public places, nor of widening anti-smoking
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