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Two left-wing Bulgarian opposition parties have filed a complaint with the country’s Constitutional Court on July 21, alleging that process to appoint a new chairperson of the Financial Supervision Commission […]
Bulgaria is expected next week to ban fishing in areas with populations of dolphins, it emerged after a meeting called by Prime Minister Boiko Borissov and attended by the ministers […]
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has called a special meeting of Cabinet ministers and representatives of conservation organisations to try to find a solution to the record number of dead […]
The alleged owner of Kickass Torrents, an illegal file-sharing website said to have a net worth of at least $54 million, was arrested in Poland Wednesday. Ukrainian Artem Vaulin has […]
After talks which lasted several days, the main four political parties in the Republic of Macedonia reached an agreement. After a meeting at the Club of MPs, which lasted several hours, […]
The European Commission has halted the payments which were allocated for the 2007-2013 programming period. This concerns five operational programmes focused on informatisation of society, health care, funds for Bratislava […]
Before even finalising the process of border demarcation with Montenegro, Kosovo’s authorities are planning to also carry out the border demarcation with Serbia. Foreign Minister Enver Hoxhaj says that within […]
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday declared a three-month state of emergency in the wake of last week’s thwarted coup in his country. Erdogan said the emergency was needed […]
Radical Islam is not the only source of terrorism and it is incorrect to equate Islam and radical Islam, according to Bulgarian Prosecutor-General Sotir Tsatsarov – who also rejected suggestions […]
The situation in Turkey remains unstable, Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry said on July 20, urging the country’s citizens not to travel to the neighbouring state. The Foreign Ministry in Sofia said […]
