Bulgaria announces security measures for presidential inauguration, including asking media not to use drones
Media covering the January 22 2017 inauguration of Roumen Radev as Bulgaria’s fifth president have been asked not to use
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Month: January 2017
Chief Architect of Plovdiv, charged in ‘Tobacco Town’ demolition case, dies of cancer
Plovdiv former Chief Architect Roumen Roussev, who faced criminal charges in connection with the March 2016 illegal attempt to demolish
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Bulgarian prosecutors probe Foreign Ministry officials for abuse of office, mismanagement
The Sofia City Prosecutor’s Office is investigating senior officials of Bulgaria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in connection with alleged abuse
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Ahead of parliamentary election, Bulgarian socialist leader pledges to forge closer relations with Russia
With more than two months to go before Bulgaria holds early parliamentary elections, the leader of the Bulgarian Socialist Party
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Conduct unbecoming? Bulgarian president-elect Radev takes flak in National Assembly
Roumen Radev has set something of a record for Bulgarian heads of state by being the subject of a call
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FDI in Bulgaria in January-November 2016 was 953.7 mln euro
Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first 11 months of 2016 stood at 953.7 million euro, the equivalent of
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Hefty snowfalls in northern Greece cause problems at Bulgarian border
Substantial snowfalls in parts of northern Greece on January 19 caused problems at the border with Bulgaria, with some checkpoints
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Heavy snowfalls on January 19 block several roads, cause train cancellation in Bulgaria
Heavy snowfalls on January 19 caused problems on several roads in Bulgaria, while similarly heavy snow in Bulgaria’s southern neighbour
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Partial walkout as Bulgaria’s president-elect tells MPs: ‘You have one more week’
In Bulgarian politics, the convention is that new office-bearers are accorded a 100-day honeymoon. President-elect Roumen Radev’s lasted 22 minutes
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