Austria: Bulgaria a reliable partner in solving refugee crisis
Bulgaria has long been a reliable partner in solving the refugee crisis, Austria’s foreign minister Sebastian Kurz told his visiting
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Month: June 2016
Bulgaria chooses Junior Eurovision 2016 contestant
Ten-year-old Lidiya Ganeva of Plovdiv was chosen on June 11 to represent Bulgaria at the 2016 Junior Eurovision song contest, to
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After Sunny Beach shooting, Bulgaria makes show of tax, cop checkups
After a night-time shootout at the Sunny Beach coastal resort which left one man dead and one of Bulgaria’s most
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More money needed for refugees, migrants in Greece, Balkans
The U.N. refugee agency reports a multi-million-dollar appeal begun early this year on behalf of tens of thousands of refugees
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Pan-Orthodox Council: Bulgarian, Russian Orthodox Church positions ‘overlap’
The Georgian Orthodox Church said on June 10 it would not attend the Pan-Orthodox Council in Crete in June, the
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Keep a civil tongue in your head, Bulgarian President tells MPs
Bulgarian head of state President Rossen Plevneliev has appealed to the country’s politicians to stop what he called the daily
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European Parliament approves rules to cut red tape on expats’ documents
The European Parliament adopted on June 10 a regulation, proposed by the European Commission, to cut costs and formalities for
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Paris-Sofia flight on June 11 cancelled over Air France pilot strike
The Air France flight from Paris to Sofia, as well as the corresponding return flight, on June 11 have been
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Greek church backdown on cremation could cut profits at Sofia crematorium
Every morning at the crematorium in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia, there is a long queue of hearses with Greek registration
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