Exacta poll: Bulgarian PM Borissov’s GERB has 28% support, opposition socialists at 21%
Nine months into Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s third term, his centre-right GERB party remains the political force with the
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Month: December 2017
Bulgaria’s competition watchdog fines electricity firms CEZ, EVN 6M leva
Bulgaria’s competition regulator said on December 21 that it found energy groups CEZ and EVN guilty of using unfair trade
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Sole bidder in Bulgaria’s Navy patrol ships tender drops out
Bulgaria’s plans to build two new Navy patrol ships have suffered a setback on December 20, when Defence Minister Krassimir
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Bulgarian Parliament passes controversial anti-corruption law
Bulgarian MPs adopted on December 20 a new law that will set up a single body to oversee the fight
Read moreBulgaria’s ruling coalition backtracks on NHIF Budget moratorium on payments for new drugs
Bulgaria’s opposition parties scored a rare victory on December 20, when the country’s ruling coalition agreed to amend the 2018
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Bulgarian special court holds first hearing in trial of Bourgas Airport terrorist attack accused
After nine unsuccessful attempts dating back to September 2016, Bulgaria’s Special Criminal Court finally held the first hearing, on December
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FDI in Bulgaria in January-October 2017 was 855.5M euro
Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first 10 months of the year stood at 855.5 million euro, the equivalent
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Eleven people arrested in Balkan trans-border sports corruption investigation – Europol
Slovenian police have arrested 11 people, dismantling an international crime syndicate involved in sports corruption and illegal betting, with the
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Church of Greece ‘concerned’ by Bulgarian Orthodox Church decision on Macedonia church
The holy synod of the Church of Greece has expressed concern about the Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s decision to hold talks
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