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Bulgaria’s second-largest city, Plovdiv, is bracing for “Night”, an alternative festival of arts and culture, which was announced for September 23 and 24, 2016. According to the organizers, it will […]
We are expats for a reason. Either we are in love or we married a Bulgarian. Or both. Or we were sent here to do our job. Maybe we just […]
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 ...
Boulevard Maria Luiza in the center of Sofia is well known to many expats in Bulgaria, because it houses the Immigration Office. Every day, expats fro ...
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 […]
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has discussed the migrant crisis with Angela Merkel, with the German chancellor pledging support for Bulgaria seeking further resources, Borissov’s office said. Borissov and Merkel […]
