Nato, Russian officials meet for first time in two years
The NATO-Russia Council has convened for the first time since 2014, with recent tensions between Russia and the United States
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Month: April 2016
Bulgaria approved 5605 asylum applications in 2015
Bulgaria approved 5605 asylum applications in 2015, of which 4705 were the granting of refugee status and the rest were
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Bulgaria worst among EU countries in 2016 Press Freedom Index
Bulgaria ranked 113th out of 180 countries in international organisation Reporters Without Border’s 2016 Index of Press Freedom, the lowest
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Ataka leader Siderov guilty in Varna Airport case
Ataka leader Volen Siderov has reached his latest plea bargain with prosecutors, pleading guilty to charges of hooliganism and assaulting
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Sofia’s Ancient Serdica archaeological complex opens
The Ancient Serdica archaeological complex, the result of five years’ work and a 15 million leva budget, opened in central
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International consortium to begin drilling for oil, gas off Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast
The international consortium led by French energy conglomerate Total will begin drilling for oil and gas on Bulgaria’s Black Sea
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Plevneliev: ‘The next big idea could be born anywhere in Bulgaria’
Bulgaria today is the centre of an actively developing innovation ecosystem and is a leader in a region with a
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EU provides 83M euro to improve conditions for refugees in Greece
The European Commission (EC) announced on April 19 a sum of 83 million euro under the new Emergency Assistance Instrument,
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More than half of migrants in Europe are women – IOM
Women make up the majority of international migrants in Europe, 52.4 per cent, according to the International Organization for Migration’s
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