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The Sofia Military District Prosecutor’s Office has indicted Major-General Stoyan Tonev, former head of the Military Medical Academy, over contracts that prosecutors allege inflicted 16.3 million leva damage on the […]
Bulgaria’s centre-right Reformist Bloc coalition held talks with Boiko Borissov’s GERB party on December 6 to assess whether the bloc shou ...
A disturbing picture of Bulgaria’s education system has again emerged with the latest international PISA survey, showing that about 40 per cent ...
During the last weeks of the year 2016, public transport in Sofia was still a huge mess, and it will be for years to come. But improvements have been ...
Bulgaria’s centre-right Reformist Bloc coalition is starting consultations with a selection of other parliamentary groups on possibly trying to put together a new government, against a background of President Plevneliev […]
About 300 Afghan citizens have applied for voluntary return to their country from Bulgaria and this number could reach 500, Interior Minister Roumyana Buchvarova said on December 6. Buchvarova, speaking […]
Bulgaria’s economy grew by 0.7 per cent in the third quarter of the year, according to preliminary data announced by the National Statistical Institute (NSI) on December 6, slightly below […]
Europe’s liberal order could come crashing down next year. Squeezed from all directions, it may not be able to withstand the pressure. Within Europe, populists on the left and right […]
From the start of 2016 until November 24, the Bulgarian Interior Ministry apprehended a total of 17 717 migrants who were attempting to enter, exit or reside in the country […]
The NGO Animal Rescue Sofia runs the largest private dog shelter in Bulgaria. At this stage, the charity organization is accommodating 224 dogs. During the winter months, the situation for […]
