Bulgarian Socialist Party MP Manol Genov charged with vote-buying
Anti-corruption prosecutors have lodged charges against Manol Genov, an MP for the opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party, alleging that he was
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Month: July 2017
Bulgaria’s population dropped by more than 51 000 in a year – Eurostat
January 1 2017 found Bulgaria with a population of 7 101 900, a decrease of 51 900 people in a
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‘Significant risks’ to media pluralism in Bulgaria, European Parliament committee told
There are significant risks to media pluralism in Bulgaria, according to an independent report presented to the European Parliament’s civil
Read moreProtests in Bulgaria: From Assenovgrad to the ‘1300 years’ monument
These sweltering days of July, hardly a headline in the Bulgarian media goes by without having the word “protest” somewhere
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At Wimbledon, Dimitrov falls short against Federer again
On a day with plenty of drama on the tennis courts of Wimbledon, the least amount was to be found
Read moreIn Istanbul, Bulgarian PM Borissov talks energy issues with Turkish, Russian top officials
Bulgaria and Turkey have a common understanding that the development of gas transmission infrastructure, covering more Balkan countries and Europe,
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EC grants Bulgaria 1.22M euro emergency assistance to aid reception and protection of asylum-seekers and refugees
The European Commission said on July 10 that it had awarded an additional 1.22 million euro in emergency assistance to
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Bulgaria’s President Radev accuses government of procrastinating about fighter jet acquisition
The prolonged political tussle in Bulgaria about the fighter jet acquisition process continued on July 10 with President Roumen Radev
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Foreign ministry teams from Sofia and Skopje have ‘basis for compromise’ on good-neighbourliness treaty
A “basis for compromise” was achieved in talks over the weekend of July 8 and 9 between teams headed by
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