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More than a million Romanian tourists visited Bulgaria in 2015, making them the most numerous foreigners in the neighbouring country for the eighth year in a row. Each one spent, on […]
In an annual Easter ritual sacred to Orthodox Christians, the “holy fire” was distributed at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem ...
I can’t vote in the forthcoming referendum, to determine Great Britain’s future in Europe, and so I reserve the right to say what I like. To m ...
Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted on April 28 to rescind a decision it took a week previously that would have de-linked the holding of referend ...
This week’s version of the Bulgarian Electoral Code says that polling stations abroad can be opened in places other than embassies and consulates in European Union countries if at least […]
The southern Bulgarian municipality of Stara Zagora became the second in two days to vote to ban the wearing of the burqa in public places. The proposal to outlaw the […]
The eve of the Orthodox Easter long weekend found Bulgaria’s MPs still in their benches in the National Assembly – unless they were in one of a series of unscheduled […]
Bulgaria’s competition regulator said on April 28 that it fined a Sofia taxi company 50 000 leva (about 25 600 euro) for imitation of a competitor’s logo, and ordered the […]
The overall outlook among business people in Bulgaria about the country’s business climate saw a downturn in April 2016, driven down mainly by gloomier opinions in industry, according to a […]
The 14th protest in a row was held on the night of April 27 in Skopje, where protesters demanded the postponement of the June 5 elections and the abrogation of the […]
