Bulgaria’s Plevneliev holds talks with four Balkans presidents
Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev held talks with the presidents of four Balkans countries who attended the February 1 state funeral
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Month: February 2015
Another deadly weekend with 22 civilians killed in Donbas
Seven civilians were killed in shelling in Donbas by the afternoon of February 1. A 66-year old woman was killed
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Bulgarian air crew held in Sudan freed – official
Six Bulgarian air crew members working for the World Food Programme who had been held by a rebel group had
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Bulgarian government fires head of Employment Agency
The head of the Bulgarian government’s Employment Agency, Assen Angelov, has been dismissed. Angelov was appointed in December 2013, a
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Bourgas, south-eastern Bulgaria hard-hit by heavy rain
A partial state of emergency was declared in the Bulgarian Black Sea city of Bourgas on February 1, and emergencies
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Bulgaria’s new fence at Turkish border ‘to be like Berlin Wall’
The new 82km fence that Bulgaria plans to build at its border with Turkey will be higher, wider and well
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Bulgaria holds state funeral for former president Zhelyu Zhelev
The solemn rituals of a state funeral were held in Sofia’s Alexander Nevsky cathedral for former president Zhelyu Zhelev on
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Annual ceremony in Sofia honours victims of communist regime
The death sentences and labour camps as the communist regime extended its grip on Bulgaria 70 years ago did not
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Germany’s Merkel rejects demands to cancel more Greek debt
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who presides over Europe’s largest and strongest economy, has again ruled out debt forgiveness for Greece’s
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