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Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has promised that his government will provide further funds for the restoration of the Great Basilica in Pliska, the ninth-century church built by Bulgarian ruler […]
Two weeks after an abortive coup attempt in Turkey caused an upheaval in military ranks and throughout much of the government, President Recep Tayyip ...
Google on July 28 changed the names of towns, villages and districts in Russian-occupied Crimea on its Google Maps mapping service in accordance with ...
The month of July 2016 saw the traditional archaeological season in Bulgaria in full swing, with finds at digs in various parts of the country – ...
Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry said that the consolidated Budget surplus for the first half of 2016 was 3.07 billion leva, or 3.4 per cent of this year’s estimated gross domestic product, just […]
Bulgaria recorded the third-largest decrease in unemployment among European Union countries between June 2015 and June 2016, EU statistics office Eurostat said on July 29. In June 2016, unemployment in […]
Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted on July 29 to reject a petition raised by pharmaceutical and fuel industry businessman Vesselin Mareshki to hold a referendum on five questions, including on the […]
Bulgaria’s Supreme Court of Cassation, in a ruling on July 29, consented to the official registration of former Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) leader Lyutvi Mestan’s new DOST party, […]
Four police from the district police directorate in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia have been arrested on suspicion of acting as an organised crime group, accepting large bribes to assist traffickers […]
Bulgarian state railways BDZ has urged players of Pokémon GO, the augmented reality game for smartphone users that has become a worldwide craze since its July 2016 release, to keep […]
