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Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first two months of 2017 stood at 102.4 million euro, the equivalent of 0.2 per cent of the gross domestic product (GDP), statistics […]
The draft coalition government agreement between Boiko Borissov’s GERB party and the nationalist United Patriots will be ready on April 21, negotiators from the two political forces told reporters on […]
Bulgaria’s Supreme Court of Cassation ruled on April 20 to uphold the one-year suspended sentence, with a three-year probation period, against the former head of Sofia City Court, Vladimira Yaneva, […]
The European Commission has released an updated set of questions and answers on the June 15 2017 end to roaming charges for people travelling periodically within the European Union, when […]
Restoration work on mosaic flooring from the site of Plovdiv’s Great Basilica archaeological site continued throughout this past winter, to meet a deadline for completion in 2018. The Great Basilica, […]
The crowd of diehard supporters of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan cheered at a referendum-eve rally in the Umraniye district of Istanbul when Turkey’s Islamist leader called on them to […]
At what is likely to be one of its last few meetings, Bulgaria’s caretaker cabinet has approved the provision of humanitarian aid to Afghanistan, Yemen and Syria, to a sum […]
The annual Sofia Science Festival is being held from May 11 to 14 2017 at Sofia Tech Park – a change of venue from previous years – with a programme […]
Attending the April 19 first sitting of Bulgaria’s new National Assembly, President Roumen Radev said that he intended next week handing over a mandate to Boiko Borissov’s GERB party to […]
Bulgaria’s 44th National Assembly, elected on March 26, held its first sitting on April 19, electing a Speaker and with the leaders of the five parliamentary groups setting out their […]
