Bulgarian prosecutors seek to lift immunity of three Volya MPs
Bulgaria’s Prosecutor-General Sotir Tsatsarov has submitted a formal request to the National Assembly on June 23 to lift the immunity from
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Month: June 2017
Radev and Pavlopoulos: Bulgaria, Greece to work for stronger and more stable EU, integration of Western Balkans
Bulgaria and Greece will continue to work together in the interests of a stronger and more stable European Union because
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Bulgaria’s Vezenkov selected by Brooklyn Nets in NBA draft
Bulgarian forward Alexander Vezenkov was selected by the Brooklyn Nets in the second round of the National Basketball Association (NBA)
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Bulgarian Defence Minister: F-16s out of the race in jet fighter acquisition project
Speaking in the National Assembly building on June 23, Bulgarian Defence Minister Krassimir Karakachanov confirmed that the country would not
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1.6 million Bulgarians were below the poverty line in 2016 – statistics institute
About 1.63 million Bulgarians, close to 23 per cent of the country’s population, were below the average monthly poverty line
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Zaev’s visit to Sofia, political clashes in Skopje
The visit by the Prime Minister of Macedonia to Sofia has triggered debates and reactions in Skopje. VMRO-DPMNE led by Nikola
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Bulgarian Defence Minister proposes stretching out spending on military modernisation projects to 2029 – report
Bulgaria’s Defence Minister Krassimir Karakachanov has submitted to the government a report on the planned acquisition of new fighter jets,
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Archaeology: ‘Oldest prehistoric settlement site’ in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv bulldozed
Construction workers using bulldozers have destroyed the remains of a prehistoric settlement site, said to date back 8000 years and
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Bulgarian Parliament votes to remove road signs warning of speed cameras and radar
Approving the second reading of amendments to Bulgaria’s Road Traffic Act on June 22, MPs voted to remove warning signs
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