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The announcement on May 20 by Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev that he will not be a candidate for re-election in autumn came as no particular surprise to observers, but predictably […]
Bulgaria heads into the third long weekend in the month of May and once again the weather forecast features more rain than sunshine. Bulgaria celebrat ...
Bulgaria’s military appeals court ruled on May 20 to uphold the guilty verdict against the former head of the National Intelligence Service, Gen ...
The Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s governing body, the Holy Synod, on May 20 ousted controversial cleric Archimandrite Dionisii from his post as d ...
United States ambassador to Bulgaria Eric Rubin, who presented his credentials to President Plevneliev earlier this year, addressed an American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) business luncheon in Sofia on May […]
Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev said on May 20 2016 that he would not stand for re-election in the country’s autumn elections. His reasons were personal, he said. Plevneliev said that […]
A total of 116 full-length, medium-length and short films were produced in Bulgaria in 2015, the National Statistical Institute (NSI) said on May 20 2016. Of these, 45 were made […]
Bulgaria’s Supreme Court of Cassation ruled on May 20 to confirm the six-and-a-half-year sentence of Zlatomir Ivanov, who was convicted on charges of organising a crime group to distribute drugs […]
NATO officially invited Montenegro to become its 29th member Thursday, angering Russia, which already is threatening sanctions against what it calls a “friendly country.” NATO foreign ministers signed the Accession […]
In September 1997, I concluded an interview with the last surviving East European communist dictator, ex – President Todor Zhivkov of Bulgaria. This was with the help of Ahmed Taleb, […]
