Bulgarian President fires Interior Ministry chief secretary Kostov
Bulgarian President Roumen Radev signed the decree firing Interior Ministry chief secretary Georgi Kostov on February 22, the presidency said in
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Month: February 2017
Sofia court overturns 2016 public transport ticket price hike
Sofia City Administrative Court ruled on February 22 to overturn the city hall regulation that led to an increase in
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Trial of Bulgaria’s former defence minister Nenchev over MiG engine repair deal starts
The trial in Sofia City Court of Bulgaria’s former defence minister Nikolai Nenchev on charges of malfeasance in office over
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Bulgarian President Radev steps into domestic political row over Nato and the Black Sea
In a late-night post on Facebook, Bulgarian head of state President Roumen Radev has stepped into a domestic pre-election political
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World Jewish Congress distressed that Lukov March in Sofia went ahead in spite of ban
The World Jewish Congress says that it is distressed that the Lukov March in Sofia went ahead in spite of
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Where Athens and creditors stand following Eurogroup agreement
Following the February 20 2017 Eurogroup meeting in Brussels, several conclusions could be drawn as to what the Greek government took
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Caretaker PM: Bulgaria will not nominate a European Commissioner for now
More than a month and a half since Bulgaria has had no European Commissioner, it remains unclear when a candidate
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Agrarian party marks Bulgaria’s first annual day of honouring fighters against Nazism
The Bulgarian Agrarian National Union party scheduled a wreath-laying on February 21 2017, the country’s first annual day of gratitude
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270 evacuated from Bulgaria’s Harmanli refugee centre because of fire
A fire at Bulgaria’s Harmanli refugee centre in the early hours of February 21 led to the evacuation of 270
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