Bulgarian cabinet moves on pension reform
Bulgaria’s cabinet approved on May 20 changes to the Social Security Code, introducing short-term and long-term measures which the government
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Month: May 2015
Cabinet transfers properties for intermodal terminal in Plovdiv
Bulgaria’s cabinet approved on May 20 the transfer of 11 000 sq m of land to the National Railway Infrastructure
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Bulgarian MRF leader takes court action against fine for electioneering in Turkish mother tongue
Lyutvi Mestan, leader of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms, has lodged court action against the 2000 leva (about 1000
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10 hour talks in Strasbourg between Macedonia’s VMRO-DPMNE and SDSM
Negotiations between the leaders of the two main Macedonian parties, VMRO-DPMNE and SDSM (Macedonian Social Democratic League) lasted for about 10
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Tsipras faces Syriza revolt against prospective deal with creditors
A deal between Greece and its creditors over the current bailout programme is apparently closer to being agreed than ever
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Bulgaria’s former caretaker interior minister appointed to head Military Intelligence
Bulgarian Defence Minister Nikolai Nenchev told reporters on May 19 that he was appointing Yordan Bakalov, who was interior minister
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New British ambassador Hopkins presents credentials to Bulgarian President on May 19
Emma Hopkins, the UK ambassador to Bulgaria, presented her credentials to Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev on May 19 2015. A
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EU ministers approve Plovdiv as European Capital of Culture 2019
In what was largely a formality, European Union culture ministers approved on May 19 the naming of Plovdiv as European
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New car sales in Bulgaria rise in 2015 – ACEA
New car sales in Bulgaria were 8.2 per cent higher in January to April 2015 than in the first four
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