Archaeology: Ancient Theatre in Plovdiv is a bit more ancient than it was thought
A newly-found inscription has shown that the Ancient Theatre in Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv, long thought to date back to
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Month: November 2016
Bulgarian business climate improves in November 2016 – poll
A regular monthly poll by Bulgaria’s National Statistical Institute (NSI) has found a slight improvement in November 2016, resulting from
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Nineteen face criminal charges over Bulgaria’s Harmanli refugee centre riots
Nineteen foreign citizens face criminal charges, mainly for hooliganism, after the unrest at the refugee centre in the southern Bulgarian
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President-elect Radev attends Bulgarian Socialist Party national council, praises Ninova
Roumen Radev, elected to take over as Bulgaria’s President in January 2017, attended a November 26 meeting of the opposition
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Bulgarian President-elect on Harmanli: Faster extradition, more EU aid needed
Bulgarian President-elect Roumen Radev has called for more urgent measures for extradition and more EU assistance, following the November 24
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Lufthansa flights at Sofia Airport resume, pilots not ruling out further strikes
Flights by German carrier Lufthansa to and from Sofia Airport were operating normally on November 26 after being cancelled the
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Bulgarian Foreign Minister holds talks with Afghanistan embassy on migrant crisis, Harmanli
The violent clashes between people housed at the Harmanli refugee reception centre and police were discussed at a meeting between
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Deutsche Welle: Refugees’ suffering grows in Bulgaria
“I wake up and I always find a long queue in front of the boys’ toilets. They think that with
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Trilateral Bulgaria-Greece-Turkey contact centre opened at Kapitan Andreevo checkpoint
A trilateral Bulgarian-Greek-Turkish contact centre opened at the Kapitan Andreevo border checkpoint on November 25 2016, the culmination of five
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