European Jewish Congress: Tenev’s Nazi salute should serve as a caution against working with ultra-nationalist parties
The episode in which a now-former Bulgarian deputy minister was pictured giving a Nazi salute should serve as a caution
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Month: May 2017
Visits by foreigners to museums in Bulgaria increased by close to 37% in 2016
The number of visits by foreigners to museums in Bulgaria increased by 271 000 in 2016, a rise of close
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Attendance at theatre performances in Bulgaria rose in 2016 – annual report
The number of visits to theatre performances in Bulgaria in 2016 was close to six per cent higher than in
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35 full-length films were produced in Bulgaria in 2016 – statistics institute
A total of 35 full-length films were produced in Bulgaria in 2016, of which 33 were for cinemas and two
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Bulgarian Defence Ministry official publicly apologises for Hitler salute photograph
Ivo Antonov, the Bulgarian Defence Ministry official whose appearance in a photograph showing him giving a Nazi salute compounded the
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Bulgarian Customs finds record 423kg of heroin in lorry headed for the Netherlands
Customs officers from the north-western Bulgarian town of Lom found 423kg of heroin at the Vidin-Calafat border checkpoint in a
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Number of refugees in Bulgaria has dropped significantly – report
In the past six months, the number of refugees and migrants in Bulgaria has decreased significantly, according to Interior Ministry
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Opera Open 2017 summer festival is on in Plovdiv from June 10 to July 29
Virtuoso Mario Hossen, Quartetto di Arena di Verona, Michel Denueve, and mezzo soprano Nicole Brandolino together with soloists, orchestra, choir
Read moreBulgarian prosecutors: Assenovgrad chief architect, businessman arrested in corruption probe
The Plovdiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office has ordered that Assenovgrad chief architect Kostadin Atanassov and businessman Mitkov Zahariev be held in
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