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A partial state of emergency was declared in the Bulgarian Black Sea city of Bourgas on February 1, and emergencies were declared in Smolyan and Devin after heavy rains overnight. […]
The new 82km fence that Bulgaria plans to build at its border with Turkey will be higher, wider and well dug into the ground, nothing like the temporary fence built […]
The solemn rituals of a state funeral were held in Sofia’s Alexander Nevsky cathedral for former president Zhelyu Zhelev on February 1, which was also a day of national mourning. […]
The death sentences and labour camps as the communist regime extended its grip on Bulgaria 70 years ago did not crush the freedom of the human spirit, President Rossen Plevneliev […]
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who presides over Europe’s largest and strongest economy, has again ruled out debt forgiveness for Greece’s international rescue loans. In interviews appearing Saturday in the German […]
