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Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry said on August 31 that the consolidated Budget surplus for the seven months of 2016 was 3.28 billion leva, or 3.7 per cent of this year’s estimated gross […]
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov is taking personal control of co-ordination of the preparation and implementation of Bulgaria’s presiden ...
Unemployment in Bulgaria in July 2016 was 7.9 per cent, below the European Union average of 8.6 per cent, and down from 9.2 per cent a year earlier, a ...
In 1970, a film was released entitled Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came. The runup, if it can even be called that, to Bulgaria’s November ...
Bulgaria’s Cabinet approved on August 31 changes to State Agency for Refugees regulations that will enable restrictions on the movement of applicants for international protection and asylum. A Cabinet statement […]
According to the “Seattle Times”, Sofia might be poor, compared to London, Paris or Berlin, “but delightfully livable”. The author of the article, Rick Steves, has spent lots of time […]
Bulgaria has done nothing but defend the common EU migration policy in its talks with Turkey, and Prime Minister Boiko Borissov cannot be criticised for conducting active bilateral dialogue with […]
Margrethe Vestager reminds us of the purpose of the European Union. Only she – as European Commissioner for Competition – can act against tax-avoidance schemes employed by individual member states […]
Since May of 2014, Lance Nelson has been recording and publishing his podcast “Bulgaria Now”. On a regular basis, he interviews expats in Bulgaria and Bulgarians. Hundreds follow his podcasts, […]
In my last three murder mystery novels, certain critics have noted a similarity between my writing style and that of one of Britain’s most successful spy thriller writers, the modest […]
