Fire at historic tobacco warehouses in Plovdiv
More than 10 firefighting teams were battling a blaze in abandoned warehouses in the “Tobacco Town” precinct of Bulgaria’s second
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Month: August 2016
Bulgarian EU presidency ‘to cost 150M leva’
The Bulgarian presidency of the European Union, scheduled for the first half of 2018, will cost the country about 150
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Bulgarian Interior Ministry chief: ‘Aggressive’ migrants coming into country
The profile of migrants crossing illegally into Bulgaria has changed, to men who are “aggressive”, the country’s Interior Ministry chief
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Bulgarian police arrest man over illegal possession of ancient coins
Bulgarian police arrested a 51-year-old man in the Black Sea town of Byala after he was found in possession of
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Bulgaria: Many thousands of communist-era Military Intelligence staff records destroyed
At least 16 000 records of Bulgaria’s communist-era Military Intelligence personnel, the equivalent of nearly half, were destroyed after the
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Bulgarian socialist splinter party confirms endorsement of Radev as presidential candidate
Georgi Purvanov’s socialist splinter party ABC confirmed on August 18 its endorsement of former Air Force chief Roumen Radev as
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Biden warns Kosovo of the ‘cancer’ of corruption
US vice president Joe Biden warned the Kosovar government Wednesday of the “cancer” of corruption, during his first visit to
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Macedonian Jewish Community, JDC aids thousands after deadly storms in Macedonia
A week after the August 6-7 disastrous floods that struck Macedonia, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) together with
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Bulgarian Socialist Party votes ex-air force chief Radev as its presidential candidate
The opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party’s (BSP) national council, after a meeting lasting several hours on August 17, chose former Air
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