Controversy continues over Bulgarian church honouring Saxe-Coburg as ‘king’
The decision by the Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s governing body, the Holy Synod, for former monarch and former prime minister Simeon
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Month: May 2015
Britain’s ambassador-designate to Bulgaria outlines priorities in video greeting
British ambassador-designate in Sofia, Emma Hopkins, outlined her priorities in office in a video posted by the UK embassy in
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Greece faces daunting funding needs in May
Greece’s next payment to the International Monetary Fund, totalling about 190 million euro in interest payments, is due on May 6
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Bulgaria’s Plovdiv to host Concours Mondial de Bruxelles international wine competition in 2016
Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv has been chosen to host prestigious international wine competition the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles in 2016,
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Bulgaria’s military rehearses for army day flypasts over Sofia
The whirr of helicopter blades over Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia are no cause for alarm – the military has begun
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Moldovans demand justice for vanishing $1B, lack of government action
Tens of thousands of Moldovans took to the streets on May 3 in the Moldovan capital of Chisinau to demand
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EU: Turkmenistan could supply Europe with natural gas by 2019
A top European official says the 28-nation European Union could begin receiving natural gas supplies from Turkmenistan by 2019, as
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Night Wolves reach Bratislava
Five members of the Russian nationalist motorcycle club Night Wolves laid wreaths at the Slavín memorial in Bratislava on the afternoon of
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Dawkins to give ‘encore presentation’ at Sofia Science Festival
Due to popular demand – the tickets for his first presentation were sold out in just one day – Professor
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