Controversy over Pan-Orthodox Council directed at Patriarchal throne
The first attempt at a congregation of the Orthodox Christian Churches after the Schism of 1054, the Pan-Orthodox Council in
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Month: June 2016
Refugees intercepted trying to cross into Bulgaria from Greece
A group of 70 refugees was stopped while trying to cross into Bulgaria from Greece on June 5, reports said.
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Bulgaria’s GERB party has decided on its presidential candidate – senior MPs
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB party has decided on its candidate for the presidential elections in autumn 2016,
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Museum of the Rose opens in Bulgaria’s Kazanluk
A Museum of the Rose, reportedly the only one of its kind in the world, opened in the central Bulgarian
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Poll: Russians see US, Ukraine, Turkey as top 3 enemies
A survey by an independent Moscow-based polling agency has found that Russians believe their country has a trio of main
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S&P, Fitch re-affirm Bulgaria’s credit ratings
Two of the leading global credit rating agencies have re-affirmed Bulgaria’s sovereign ratings, with Standard&Poor’s maintaining the country’s creditworthiness was
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Bulgaria Transport Ministry invites bids for Sofia Airport concession
Bulgaria’s Transport Ministry said on June 3 that it has formally opened the tender to pick a concession operator for
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In EU capitals, residents of Sofia and Bucharest least happy about noise, air quality
Residents of Romania’s capital city Bucharest and Bulgaria’s capital Sofia are least satisfied with the quality of the air and
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Bulgarian minority party BDC parliamentary group implodes
One of the parliamentary groups in Bulgaria’s National Assembly, the Bulgarian Democratic Centre, collapsed on June 3 when one of
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