Plovdiv celebrates official European Capital of Culture status with concert, release of 2019 balloons
Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv celebrated on May 23 its official naming by EU culture ministers earlier in the week as
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Month: May 2015
Bulgarian Food Safety Agency chief dismissed
Acting on a recommendation by Agriculture Minister Dessislava Taneva, Prime Minister Boiko Borissov dismissed Plamen Mollov as head of the
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Bulgaria, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania sign gas grids interconnection memorandum
Foreign ministers from four Eastern European countries – Bulgaria, Slovakia, Hungary, and Romania – signed a memorandum on cooperation in
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Bulgarian PM Borissov: Eastern Europe should not have to choose between EU and Russia
Eastern European countries should not be faced with the dilemma of choosing between the EU and Russia, Bulgarian Prime Minister
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No promises, but EU wants to stay friends with its eastern partners
European Union leaders will keep their co-operation with Ukraine and five other ex-Soviet republics, but membership looks far off. That’s
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Bulgaria, Italy to deepen co-operation to cope with rising illegal migration
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov and his Italian counterpart Matteo Renzi have agreed to deepen co-operation to tackle migratory pressure.
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Bulgaria calls in Russian envoy to demand explanation of Lavrov comments on Macedonia
Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry summoned the Russian embassy’s charge d’affaires, wanting an explanation for Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks implying
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Bulgaria’s defence minister: Proposal on jet fighter acquisition to be put to cabinet by June 30
A proposal on the acquisition of 16 new Western-made jet fighters, to cost an estimated close to 1.5 billion leva,
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Bulgaria, Romania have ‘no information’ on current and former officials denied US visas
Statements to the US congress by a top state department official that current and former government figures from Bulgaria and
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