The Balkan Blog: The Gordons come to Bulgaria
People generally take a lot for granted, especially concerning ex-communist countries. They often think that by reading a particular rag
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Month: September 2016
Borissov in sideswipes over Bulgaria’s UN Secretary-General candidacy
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said that if Bulgaria’s candidate to be UN Secretary-General had been nominated by his GERB
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Bulgarian government agrees tourism deal with Saudi Arabia
Bulgaria’s Cabinet approved on September 13 a memorandum on co-operation in tourism with Saudi Arabia, the government media service said.
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Luxembourg foreign minister calls for Hungary to be booted from EU
Tuesday’s edition of Die Welt newspaper carried an interview with the foreign minister of Luxembourg, Jean Asselborn, in which he
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PM Borissov: Bokova remains Bulgaria’s candidate UN Secretary-General
Irina Bokova remains Bulgaria’s candidate to be the next United Nations Secretary-General, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said on September
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Bulgarian Border Police find would-be migrants drowned in Danube
Bulgarian Border Police have found the bodies of a man and a boy who drowned in the Danube River, part
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Bulgaria annual CPI records 0.3% deflation in August
Bulgaria’s consumer price index (CPI) shrank by 0.3 per cent year-on-year in August 2016, while the monthly data showed no
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Amid outrage, EU Commission launches probe into Barroso’s new job at Goldman Sachs
Jose Manuel Barroso, the former president of the European Commission from 2004 to 2014, is facing accusations that he has
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Ukraine, Russia clash over upcoming Duma elections
As elections to Russian parliament, Duma, approach, Ukraine says it will not allow Russian polling stations on its territory –
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