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Admission to several municipal museums in Bulgarian cities will be free on September 6 2016 as the country celebrates Unification Day. The public holiday commemorates the 1885 unification of Bulgaria […]
Bulgaria is unable to accept more economic migrants, while Europe is also “gasping”, Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said on September 4. Borissov’s statement came a day after European Council President […]
Nestlé group has appointed Emmanuel Artur as CEO of its division in Bulgaria, the company announced. Artur will be replacing Juan Carlos Paralejo in October, according to a Nestlé press […]
Agents of the Serbian Security Information Agency (BIA) arrested in Belgrade “a Croatian spy” on September 2, Vecernjenovosti daily reported via its website. The BIA action was conducted in co-operation […]
The U.N. refugee agency estimates nearly 4,200 people have died or gone missing in the Mediterranean Sea since Alan Kurdi’s lifeless body washed ashore on a Turkish beach one year […]
Bulgarian state railways BDZ is adding five additional carriages to the Septembri – Dobrinishte narrow-gauge line on September 4 2016, one of the most picturesque rail routes in the country, […]
Parliament in the Republic of Macedonia has given the green light to the interim government, which is the second one within a few months, which will be responsible for the […]
Bulgaria’s economy grew by 0.7 per cent in the second quarter of the year, according to preliminary data announced by the National Statistical Institute (NSI) on September 2. The figure […]
Bulgaria heads into the first long weekend in September 2016 with a weather forecast that predicts mainly sunshine and high temperatures, although a cold front will bring rain and cooler […]
Bulgaria’s centre-right coalition the Reformist Bloc has postponed the announcement of its candidate for the country’s November 6 presidential elections by a week, to September 8. The executive council of […]
