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A group calling itself “To Protect Tobacco Town” lodged a formal request on March 9 for a special meeting of Plovdiv city council in response to the controversial attempt to […]
The process to appoint a new line-up of the Bulgarian Commission for Protection of Competition has suffered a setback on March 9, after the sole nomin ...
A group of Bulgarians who were among those who founded the Protest Network during the 2013/14 large-scale public protests demanding the resignation of ...
Bulgarian head of state President Rossen Plevneliev has concluded his 2016 round of political consultations with representatives of all groups in the ...
As of midnight, the Republic of Macedonia has closed its border to refugees, not allowing their entry. This decision followed the decisions by Slovenia, Serbia and Croatia not to accept any […]
Bulgaria’s Cabinet has nominated President Rossen Plevneliev’s foreign policy secretary Tihomir Stoychev to become the new country’s ambassador in Washington DC. If, as expected, Stoychev is confirmed by Plevneliev as [&he ...
The decision by Serbia to close its borders with FYROM and Bulgaria to refugees and other migrants without valid EU visas does not change the situation in Bulgaria, Interior Minister Roumyana […]
EU member Slovenia on Tuesday announced all migrants without a valid Schengen visa would be denied entry as of midnight, a decision that Serbia said, “practically closes the Balkan route.” […]
Syrian and Iraqi war refugees are sleeping by railroad tracks in northern Greece hoping to be allowed to travel onward to Germany and other northern EU countries. Seventy-three years ago, […]
