Bulgarian Orthodox Church Patriarch backs initiative against same-sex marriages in EU
Bulgarian Orthodox Church Patriarch Neofit has sent a letter of support for an initiative that insists on a uniform definition
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Month: November 2016
Patrick Brigham: Greece on the internet
It is not a language difficulty nor is it an inability for me to comfortably use the internet – after
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Sofia police announce security measures as anti-migrant marches planned
Police in the Bulgarian capital Sofia have announced strict security measures because of two marches planned by ultra-nationalists in the
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Election campaign in Republic of Macedonia starts on November 21
Campaigning ahead of the parliamentary elections in the Republic of Macedonia is expected to start on November 21, and the
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Bulgaria’s Mutafova, 94, bids for Guinness record for oldest working actress
An official application has been submitted for 94-year-old Bulgarian Stoyanka Mutafova to be named by the Guinness Book of Records
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5 Richter scale earthquake near Greece’s Thessaloniki felt in Bulgaria
An earthquake in the early hours of November 19 and measuring five on the Richter scale, epicentred about 40km north
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Bulgarian Parliament passes 2017 Budget Act at first reading
Despite the unravelling of Bulgaria’s government coalition and the resignation of Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s cabinet earlier this week, the
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Bulgarian Socialist Party tells President Plevneliev it will not try to form government
The Bulgarian Socialist Party will not seek to form a government in the current Parliament nor will it propose members
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Third former minister indicted in Belene nuclear power plant investigation
Bulgarian prosecutors continued pressing charges in connection to their investigation into alleged mismanagement of the Belene nuclear power plant project,
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