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Vladimira Yaneva, the former head of Sofia City Court, was handed a one-year suspended sentence, with a three-year probation period, on charges of authorising the use of covert surveillance beyond limits […]
A code “orange” hazardous weather warning has been issued for eight districts in western and northern Bulgaria on January 16 because of the foreca ...
Macedonian prime minister Nikola Gruevski sent his resignation letter to the president of parliament, Trajko Veljanovski, as planned on January 15 201 ...
Twenty million leva (about 10.2 million euro) is needed for urgent repairs to the Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s landmark St Alexander Nevsky cathe ...
Bulgaria had the second-lowest tax-to-GDP ratio in the European Union in 2014, at 27.8 per cent, with Romania recording the lowest at 27.7 per cent, according to figures released by […]
Grigor Dimitrov has reached his first final in more than a year after recording two wins in one day at the Apia International Sydney on January 15, one of the […]
Macedonian prime minister Nikola Gruevski said in a televised address to the nation that he would resign on January 15 2016 as planned, opening the way for early parliamentary elections […]
The head of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) predicts 2016 will be another critical year for migration to Europe. IOM Director-General Lacy Swing said the refugee and migrant crisis […]
European Migration Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos has told members of the European Parliament that the refugee crisis was “getting worse”. Addressing the European Parliament’s civil liberties committee on January 14, A ...
Poland’s parliament gave the initial go-ahead for the bill, authored by the ruling party Law and Justice (PiS), which provides for consolidating the post of Justice Minister and Prosecutor General […]
