Bulgarian Cabinet approves draft bill to pay Belene arbitration damages
Bulgaria’s state-owned electric utility NEK will receive a cash injection from the state Budget to pay the damages awarded by
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Day: September 20, 2016
Bulgarian school teenagers above European average for smoking, drinking and marijuana use
Bulgarian school pupils aged 15 to 16 smoke cigarettes, drink alcohol and use cannabis at a rate about 10 percentage
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EU indecision on UN Secretary General choice plays to Russia’s advantage
The race to replace Ban Ki-moon as United Nations Secretary-General in 2017 is an awful muddle, yet it may still
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Bulgarian PM slams Russian MP’s ‘I’ll buy Bulgaria’ comment
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has sharply condemned a comment by Russian MP Pyotr Tolstoy who said that he would “will
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Bulgaria grants 300 000 leva to Macedonia over flood damage
Bulgaria’s Cabinet agreed on September 20 to grant financial assistance of 300 000 leva (about 153 440 euro) to the
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Bulgaria’s Special Criminal Court begins hearing first terrorism trial
Bulgaria’s Special Criminal Court has begun hearing its first case involving charges of terrorism, laid against three Syrians that prosecutors
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European Commissioner: Bulgaria to play crucial role with launch of new European border protection
Bulgaria will play a crucial role on the European stage with the October 6 opening of the new European border
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Bulgaria Now podcast: Bulgaria’s back to school – more chaos than theory
Hundreds of thousands of young Bulgarians returned to school, or began their first day, in the past week. They’ve entered
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European Commission rules Poland has to suspend new retailer tax
The European Commission has opened an investigation into Poland’s new retailer tax and issued an injunction stating that Poland has
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