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The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Cécile Pouilly has joined voices condemning Hungary’s announced plan to build a fence to keep out refugees entering the country. Hungarian officials said […]
European Union finance ministers met in Luxembourg Friday ahead of an emergency summit on Greece Monday after failing to reach a breakthrough one day ...
A year after the Corporate Commercial Bank (CCB) asked to be put under the central bank’s administration on June 20 2014, Bulgaria has made very ...
Bulgaria’s Supreme Court of Cassation (SCC) ruled on June 19 to overturn the four-year jail sentence handed to former interior minister Tsvetan ...
Bulgaria’s Parliament passed at second reading on June 19 a bill amending the Civil Procedure Code, meant to provide stronger protection for bank customers defaulting on their mortgage loans. The […]
Consumer price levels in Bulgaria are less than half the European Union average, and the country has the lowest prices of alcohol and tobacco as well as restaurants and hotels […]
A total of 295 newspaper titles were published in Bulgaria in 2014, with a collective circulation of 315 712, both figures three per cent lower than in 2013, according to […]
The Greek prime minister has promised that “there will be a solution to the Greek debt crisis that will allow the country to return to growth while staying in the […]
A total of 655 people died in motor accidents in Bulgaria in 2014, a figure nine per cent higher than the figure for 2013, according to a new report by […]
Bulgarian traffic police caught 336 motorists drink-driving in just a week, as the country took part in an EU-wide operation against driving after consuming alcohol or drugs. From June 1 […]
