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This week, both houses of the Russian parliament approved legislation regarding “undesirable organisations”. According to the new norm, a prosecutor can deem any foreign or international organisation “undesirable” if it […]
Swiss authorities lobbed a grenade at Russia’s already tainted award to host the 2018 World Cup when it started criminal proceedings on suspected ...
Greece was hoping to set a record in tourist numbers this summer, but the turbulent debt crisis has clouded the forecast. Recent disputes over billion ...
Plovdiv State Opera is to present “Opera Open”, a programme of five performances, from June 19 to July 22 2015 at the Ancient Theatre in Bulgaria ...
The sixth annual Opera in the Park is being held in Sofia from June 12 to July 18 2015, with the emphasis this year on classical opera and ballet. The […]
The European Commission said on May 28 that it has asked 11 EU member states, Bulgaria among them, to fully implement the provisions of the bank recovery and resolution directive. […]
Sponsors are calling for football’s governing body Fifa to make changes while its regional federations debate the future of its often-criticized leader after the United States and Switzerland unveiled major […]
Bulgaria supports the idea of the European Union sending a special envoy to Macedonia to resolve the political crisis in the country, Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov said in a May […]
Opinions among executives in Bulgaria about the country’s business climate improved in May 2015, the fifth consecutive month of increased optimism, according to the findings of a survey released by […]
An expose by a Bulgarian television show about taxi drivers hugely overcharging foreigners led to a bust-up on breakfast television with the taxi company owner accusing the station of lies […]
