Kremlin reportedly planning to revive KGB-style security behemoth
The Russian newspaper Kommersant, citing unnamed sources, reported this week that before the next presidential election, scheduled for March 2018,
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Month: September 2016
Bulgarian President Plevneliev: ‘Time has come for woman from Eastern Europe to lead the UN’
After eight male Secretaries-General the time has come for a capable and respectable woman from Eastern Europe to lead the
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Bulgaria Now podcast: The Trump grumps, Hillary hilarity and Bokova knockover
The first television debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump is just days away, on September 26. Coincidentally, that same
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The Balkan Blog: To Think and Inherit The Wind?
Directed by Stanley Kramer, Inherit the Wind is a fictionalized account of the 1925 US Scopes Monkey Trial which resulted
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Number of first-time asylum-seekers in Bulgaria drops in Q2 2016
The number of first-time asylum-seekers registered in Bulgaria in the second quarter of 2016 was 3505, a decrease of 13
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Bulgaria arrests 21-year-old dual citizen on terrorism charges
A 21-year-old man appeared in Bulgaria’s Special Criminal Court on September 22 to face charges of undertaking firearms training with
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Twelve parties, five coalitions register for Bulgaria’s November 2016 presidential elections
All the political parties represented in Bulgaria’s National Assembly have registered to participate in Bulgaria’s November 2016 presidential elections, the
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Bulgarian President, Iran’s Rouhani discuss trade, rail network co-operation
Iran considers Bulgaria a friendly country and a key partner in co-operation with the European Union, a statement by the
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A 13-euro entry fee for the EU?
The EU is planning to massively increase its border controls. Those who want to enter have to register, or apply
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