Ukraine wins 2016 Eurovision song contest
Ukraine’s Jamala and her song 1944 won the 2016 Eurovision song contest final in Sweden’s capital city Stockholm on May
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Month: May 2016
Greeks, Albanians held in large-scale drug trafficking bust
Seventeen people, including 11 Greeks and six Albanians, from an organised crime network involved in large-scale drug trafficking have been
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Bulgaria holds 62 in operation against illegal migration
Bulgarian law enforcement detained 62 people in an operation against illegal migration, Interior Ministry chief secretary Georgi Kostov said on
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Opposition party’s call for second term for Plevneliev causes stir
The appeal by Bulgarian opposition party the Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria for all of the country’s right-wing and pro-European
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Migrants are avoiding Greece in effort to reach Europe
The rescue of over 800 migrants off the coast of Sicily over the past two days is emblematic of a
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Borissov names new labour minister after Donchev refuses post
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said on May 13 that he was nominating Zornitsa Rusinova, deputy minister of labour and
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Bulgarian anti-corruption bill suffers new setback
An amended draft bill meant to create a new government body to fight corruption and conflict of interest has suffered
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Bulgaria records 0.7% economic growth in Q1 2016 – flash estimate
Bulgaria’s economy posted 0.7 per cent growth in the first quarter of the year, the National Statistical Institute (NSI) said
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Bulgaria annual CPI records 2.2% deflation in April
Bulgaria’s consumer price index (CPI) shrank by 2.2 per cent year-on-year in April, the highest since 2.3 per cent annual
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