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A court in southeastern Turkey has ordered two British journalists and their translator remanded to custody, ahead of an eventual trial on charges of engaging in terror activity. Monday’s court […]
Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov made short work of Australian qualifier Matthew Ebden in the first round of the US Open on August 31, winning in stra ...
In Ukraine, at least one National Guardsman has been killed and at least 50 more people injured in clashes outside Ukraine’s parliament. Ukrai ...
Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry said that the consolidated Budget surplus in the first seven months of 2015 came in at 789.4 million leva, or 0.9 per ce ...
Several riot police were badly wounded on Aug. 31 when an explosive device was thrown at them from among a crowd of far-right Svoboda Party and Right Sector organization protesters […]
Inspectors from Bulgaria’s Consumer Protection Commission this summer have ordered 30 establishments closed down, 15 of them at the Black Sea, after finding various breaches of laws – including the […]
Large numbers of refugees from the Middle East are continuing to come into Macedonia. According to the Ministry of Interior, last week more than 2000 refugees have travelled to Serbia through […]
With loans totaling approximately $25 billion, Greece is currently the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) most important customer. “The IMF has crossed the ‘point of no return’,” says Rolf J. Langhammer [&hell ...
Election officials in Ukraine have canceled upcoming local polls in parts of two rebel-controlled regions near the Russian border, after determining that authorities can not guarantee voter or polling place […]
A Bulgarian government Falcon aircraft with Prime Minister Boiko Borissov on board made an emergency landing on the evening of August 30 at Varna Airport after problems with the plane’s […]
