Bulgarian government gives further 1.2M leva for new section of fence at Turkish border
At a regular meeting on August 30, Bulgaria’s Cabinet approved 1.224 million leva (about 626 000 euro) for the construction
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Month: August 2017
Bulgaria starts work on overhauling stretch of Plovdiv-Bourgas railway line, building new section of Struma motorway
The close of August 2017 sees two transport projects getting underway in Bulgaria – an overhaul of a 26km section
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Relaxation of capital controls in Greece scheduled for September 1
Starting from September 1, capital controls in Greece are being relaxed, with the new limit on withdrawals with from ATMs
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Bulgaria wants to ban smoking of hookahs by under-18s
Bulgaria is moving towards banning the smoking of hookahs by under-18s, amid media reports that the practice is a craze
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Report on Bulgarian armed forces: Personnel shortages, insufficient resources, obsolete equipment
Bulgaria’s Cabinet approved on August 30 the annual report on the state of the armed forces, which says that the
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Dream of Europe turns deadly at Bulgaria’s border
The journey to Europe by a family of Iraqi refugees ended in tragedy after Bulgarian officials blocked their path. Trifa’s
Read moreBulgaria builds nuclear waste depository in Kozloduy
Bulgaria started building a nuclear waste depot on August 29 2017. The facility will be in a three km zone
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Archaeology: Large ancient gold necklace found at Bulgaria’s Heraclea Sintica site
A team of archaeologists working at the Heraclea Sintica site near Petrich in Bulgaria have found a large, extremely well-preserved,
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Bulgarian wine grape growers say 2017 crop is best for the past five years
Bulgarian wine grape producers say that the 2017 harvest is the best in the past five years. According to the
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