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Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull fame is to perform at Plovdiv’s Ancient Theatre on September 3 2016, in a concert with a title that anyone would have to be thick […]
Amendments to the bank insolvency law, passed by Bulgaria’s Parliament at second reading on April 14, require receivers to make public reports o ...
Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev has telephoned his counterpart in Skopje, Gjorge Ivanov, to express his country’s concerns about the polit ...
The European Parliament voted by a large majority on April 14 2016 to approve a new directive on Passenger Name Record (PNR) data that will oblige air ...
Bulgaria’s Supreme Judicial Council approved on April 14 a decision of how to distribute its current members into the new judges and prosecutors colleges, as mandated by constitutional amendments last […]
The mayor of Plovdiv, Bulgaria’s second-largest city, says that he personally supports banning the burqa in public places but it will be up to the city council to decide on […]
Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov has called on political leaders in Macedonia to resume political dialogue on solutions to the political crisis in that country and has appealed to everyone […]
The marginalisation of and societal intolerance towards the Romani minority remained Bulgaria’s most pressing human rights problem, the US State Department said in its human rights report for 2015. Continued […]
In the aftermath of a series of cyber attacks on state websites, Bulgarian leaders have adopted 10 recommendations for improving the country’s cybersecurity. The recommendations were adopted at an April […]
Ukraine’s parliament voted on April 14 to appoint Volodymyr Groysman as the country’s new prime minister, with 257 lawmakers – 31 votes more than needed – supporting his candidacy. Groysman, […]
