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Bulgaria’s outgoing government decided on December 28 2016 to name February 21 as a day to honour fighters against Nazism. The centre-right coalition government chose February 21 because that was […]
Bulgaria’s outgoing Cabinet approved on December 28 amendments to the Black Sea Coast Spatial Planning Act that, if approved, would change the system for classification of beaches. The amendments have […]
Bulgaria’s capital Sofia will host the 40th congress of the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV) from May 29 to June 2 2017, which will bring representatives of the […]
Bulgaria’s Plovdiv district appears on the verge of an epidemic of influenza, with the number of cases in Dobrich and Stara Zagora also on the rise, with health authorities warning […]
Participating in a Hanukah celebration at Sofia Central Synagogue, Bulgarian head of state President Rossen Plevneliev called on Bulgarians to preserve tolerance and respect among all in society. Plevneliev, whose […]
The Bulgarian Orthodox Church Metropolitan of Vratsa, Kalinik, died on December 26 at the age of 85. Kalinik, who headed the Vratsa diocese for more than 40 years, had been […]
The European Commission has awarded an additional 48.2 million euro in emergency funding to Bulgaria under the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) and the Internal Security Fund (ISF), the […]
Bulgarian traffic police estimated that December 23 would see more than 400 000 people set off on their Festive Season holidays, about half of this number departing Sofia for destinations […]
Coming at the tail end of an annus horriblis in global affairs, the assassination of the Russian ambassador Andrey Karlov by a Turkish police officer initially had analysts wondering whether […]
Two former Constitutional Court judges have entered the controversy about whether Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev’s decision to not appoint a caretaker cabinet in his final month in office was constitutional. […]
