Sofia court hands suspended sentence to MRF MP
Sofia City Court handed a suspended six-month sentence to Movement for Rights and Freedoms MP Alexander “Bat Sali” Metodiev on
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Month: January 2017
Prosecutors lodge new charges against Bulgarian Defence Minister Nenchev
The Sofia City Prosecutors office lodged charges in court against Defence Minister Nikolai Nenchev on January 16, accusing him of
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Bulgarian socialist breakaway party ABC elects new leader
Konstantin Prodanov, a 39-year-old former economic adviser to then-president Georgi Purvanov, was on January 15 elected as leader of Purvanov’s
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Greek farmers say they will blockade Bulgaria’s borders again from January 23
Greek farmers have said that they will begin protests on January 23 2017, with blockades of roads including checkpoints at
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Refugees, migrants risk death as bitter cold grips Europe
U.N. aid agencies are appealing to authorities in Europe to assist and protect thousands of refugees and migrants trying to
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Germany to deport asylum-seekers back to Greece
Germany is set to reverse a six-year-old block on the deportation of asylum-seekers back to Greece, despite a humanitarian crisis
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Bulgarian prosecutors charge only 6 of 25 Varna customs officers held for corruption
Bulgarian prosecutors have laid criminal charges against only six of the 25 Varna customs officers and other individuals arrested for
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Former justice minister lodges court application to register ‘Yes Bulgaria’ political party
Bulgarian former justice minister Hristo Ivanov lodged papers in the Sofia City Court on January 13 to register the “Yes
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Frozen Danube causes traffic problems at Bulgaria’s checkpoints at Turkish border
Queues of lorries stretching several kilometres built up at two of Bulgaria’s checkpoints at the Turkish border on January 13
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