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Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry said on October 14 that it was advising the country’s citizens to refrain from trips to Jerusalem, especially in the Old City, and to avoid other tourist […]
A further 401.3 million euro in European Union funding to manage the refugee crisis was endorsed by the European Parliament on October 14. The funds, ...
Three senior Turkish security officials have been suspended following the nation’s deadliest terrorist attack Saturday in the capital, Ankara. Their ...
The competition is on for the October 25 local elections in the remaining eastern Ukraine power hubs of Dnipropetrovsk and Kharkiv, where the fall of ...
Bulgaria’s consumer price index (CPI) recorded 0.1 per cent annual inflation in September, despite 0.1 per cent monthly deflation in September, data from the National Statistical Institute (NSI) showed on […]
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has thanked Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for the help that Turkey has given Bulgaria in dealing with the refugee situation and has expressed solidarity […]
Two Bulgarian lorry drivers were arrested after being found transporting 64 foreign nationals illegally near the town of Vratsa in the north-western part of the country, the Interior Ministry said […]
Bulgaria closed its European football championships qualifying campaign with a 2-0 victory over Azerbaijan in Sofia on October 13, but that was scant consolation given the high hopes at the […]
A Russian arms manufacturer treated journalists to a Kafkaesque press conference ahead of the release of the Dutch Safety Board’s official MH17 report on October 13 – even offering footage […]
Ukrainians are unhappy with their current government. In a recent poll conducted in Ukraine, only 7 percent of the respondents said they felt the fight against corruption was yielding any […]
