Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister Simeonov found guilty of anti-Roma hate speech – NGO
The Regional Court in the Bulgarian city of Bourgas has found Valeri Simeonov, currently a Deputy Prime Minister and co-leader
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Month: October 2017
Floods in Bourgas: Three dead, houses and streets flooded, mudslide on Trakiya Motorway
Torrential rainfall that hit the Bourgas district on Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast has left three people dead, houses, streets and
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Fighter pilots at Bulgaria’s Graf Ignatievo air base again do not take part in training flights
Bulgarian Air Force MiG-29 fighter pilots at Graf Ignatievo air base again did not take off for scheduled training exercises
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Three dead in floods in Bulgaria’s Bourgas district
Three people are dead and several are missing after huge volumes of torrential rain hit the municipalities of Bourgas and
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Bulgarian Defence Minister: Reports of mutiny by Air Force pilots exaggerated
Bulgarian Defence Minister Krassimir Karakachanov told a hastily-convened news conference on October 24 that reports that Air Force pilots had
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Bulgarian EU Presidency: Pointless to pursue portrayal of a Potemkin village
As many – including Bulgarians – who grew up in the communist bloc would remember, there was a Soviet animated
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Mixed signals from Bulgarian Defence Ministry over reports fighter pilots refused training flights
The leadership of Bulgaria’s Defence Ministry went into damage control mode on October 24 following media reports that fighter pilots
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EU labour ministers reach agreement on changes to posted workers directive
The European Council for employment and social affairs has approved a general approach to the new posted workers directive, meant
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Bulgarian Air Force pilots refuse training flights because of safety concerns, demotivation – reports
Scheduled training flights at the Bulgarian Air Force’s Graf Ignatievo base were suspended on October 24 as combat pilots massively
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