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Croatia’s parliament ousted the country’s government Thursday after a no-confidence vote that went against Prime Minister Tihomir Oreskovic. Of deputies present in the 151-member parliament, 125 backed the no-confidence motion […]
Bulgaria’s state electric utility NEK lost an arbitration lawsuit against Russia’s Atomstroyexport, the company picked to build two 1000MW ...
Russian privately-held oil major Lukoil is considering the sale of refining assets in Europe, including in Bulgaria, Russian business daily RBK report ...
The number of first-time asylum applications in Bulgaria in the first quarter of 2016 was 4050, close to half the number in the last three months of 2 ...
The number of first-time asylum seekers in the European Union in the first quarter of 2016 was 287 100, a total 33 per cent lower than in the final three […]
Bulgaria’s President, Prime Minister and Defence Minister, in a joint briefing on June 16, dismissed talk of taking part in a joint permanent Black Sea fleet with Romania and Turkey […]
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has spoken out against his country taking part in a Black Sea fleet being proposed by Turkey and Romania in what is seen as a […]
Sofia municipality has proposed changing the timing of the 2016 Sofia Pride parade and of a counter-protest, after Sofia Pride organisers expressed safety concerns following the municipality giving permission for […]
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew sent a message of unity of Orthodox Churches upon his arrival in Crete for the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church. Bartholomew, during a welcoming ceremony […]
In what has become a customary verbal attack, the Bulgarian Orthodox Church has criticised plans for the annual Sofia Pride Parade – in the case of 2016, specifically because the […]
