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Recently-appointed central Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) governor Dimitar Radev will get a monthly salary of 15 368 leva (about 7857 euro) – a far cry from the 45 000 leva […]
Bulgarian wine sales have fallen by 60 per cent because of the political and economic situation in Russia, a leading market for Bulgarian wines, accor ...
We first saw Tom Cruise play special agent Ethan Hunt in Brian DePalma’s Mission: Impossible, which was partly set in Prague. The film was released ...
The European Commission (EC) said on July 30 that “safety net” measures for the European dairy, fruit and vegetables sectors will be exten ...
Bulgarians were deeper in debt in arrears in the first half of 2015 than at the same time last year, with debt collectors asked to recover more than 983 million […]
Bulgarian Socialist Party MP Maya Manolova was elected the country’s new national Ombudsman by MPs on July 30, with 129 votes, defeating incumbent Konstantin Penchev who got 82 votes. Manolova […]
Bulgaria’s Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) said on July 30 that it has fined Etap-Adress a total of 565 100 leva for two separate violations of fair competition rules. […]
Bulgaria’s Parliament has voted broad powers for the National Protection Service, confirming police powers for it, the right to detain offenders, to damage cars blocking their way – and, controversially, […]
Officials from Bulgaria’s Forestry Agency, Bourgas regional inspectorate of environment and water and police have begun raids against unlawful camping on beaches. The raids are being conducted in places on […]
Russia vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution that would have set up an international criminal court to prosecute those responsible for shooting down a Malaysia Airlines plane over Ukraine a […]
