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Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry said on September 30 that the consolidated Budget surplus for the eight months of 2016 was 3.32 billion leva, or 3.7 per cent of this year’s estimated gross […]
Never mind the official campaign period beginning on October 6, candidates in Bulgaria’s 2016 presidential election race are already on the camp ...
Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov said on September 30 that there were no objections from Russia and other countries to Bulgaria’s nominat ...
Unemployment in Bulgaria was 7.7 per cent in August 2016, down from 8.8 per cent in August 2015, and again was below the European Union average unempl ...
More than six million foreign tourists visited Bulgaria in January to August 2016, while the number of foreign visitors to the country between April and August was an “absolute record”, […]
Four Bulgarian Border Police were arrested for corruption at the Kapitan Andreevo border checkpoint with Turkey on September 30. More arrests were possible in the special operation, led by prosecutors […]
Hungary supports Bulgaria’s nomination of Kristalina Georgieva for the post of United Nations Secretary-General, Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban said in a letter to his counterpart in Sofia, Boiko Borissov. […]
Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted on September 30 to approve the second reading of a law banning the wearing of clothing partly concealing or hiding the face in public places, known […]
The Hungarian Prime Minister offers his views on the European Union’s problems, the US election, exporting democracy, a new cold war, the V4, a corruption case, the 2006 riots, the […]
Danish-born Zina Sorensen and her Bulgarian partner set up bulgarianwinetours.com in 2015, offering tours of Bulgaria’s wine regions to introduce foreigners to the delights of the country’s cuisine and viniculture. Plovdiv-base ...
