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Despite the ongoing migrant and refugee crisis, Greece expects to welcome a record 27 million tourists this year. “I think it’s an achievement given the fact that we have capital […]
Senior European Union and Turkish officials are meeting to rescue the EU visa deal. Since the ousting of Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu by Pre ...
Roman Catholic church head Pope Francis received Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev in audience at the Vatican on May 16, with topics discussed inc ...
Police in the Bulgarian town of Pazardzhik issued on May 16 the first fine for wearing a burqa, four days after the municipal ban on the burqa in publ ...
Unemployment in Bulgaria was 8.6 per cent in the first quarter of 2016, a decrease of two percentage points compared with the first quarter of 2015, the National Statistical Institute […]
Bulgaria’s Cabinet has recommended to President Rossen Plevneliev the replacement of 16 ambassadors, with four of the nominees coming from Plevneliev’s office. The terms in office of several ambassadors expire […]
Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras expressed optimism that the automatic spending cuts mechanism his government will legislate this week will not be used as the country’s economy is firmly on […]
Polish and US officials Friday broke ground for a US missile defence interceptor site at Redzikowo, near the Baltic coast. The ceremony marked the launch of construction on a system […]
