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During the first decade of this millennium, painter Pancho Malezanov was a regular guest at the Jazz, Funk and Soul concerts we organized back then. He gave one of his […]
No doubt as a matter of course, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov will be cabling congratulations to his new counterpart in the United Kingdom, ...
Trains between Bulgaria and Greece are again being affected as a strike by Greek railways continues. Initially, the strike was called for July 8 to 12 ...
The European Commission said on July 13 that it would continue to “work toward” getting Canada and the United States to remove visa requir ...
Bulgaria’s National Assembly approved on July 13 the second reading of amendments to the Electoral Code that set controversial rules for voting abroad. In Bulgaria’s 240-member Parliament, the vote was […]
Czech energy group CEZ became the third electricity distribution firm to file an arbitration claim against Bulgaria with the World Bank’s arbitration institution Icsid, saying that the actions of Bulgarian […]
Close to 30 000 Bulgarians emigrated in 2015, mainly to Germany, the United Kingdom and Spain, according to a research institute at the Bulgarian Academy of Science. Of the nearly […]
Government officials have focused their attention on getting the draft bill introducing changes to the electoral law approved in parliament by a 2/3 majority (200/300 votes). This will allow the […]
Romania’s Health Ministry on Monday received confirmation that a 27-year-old Romanian woman who returned recently from Martinique tested positive for the Zika virus, Health Ministry spokesperson Laurentiu Colintineanu said. “Yesterday, ...
Unlike some central and eastern Europe nations, Poland has not seen a major push for an exit from the European Union in the wake of Brexit, but the country’s nationalist […]
