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Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s party GERB, the senior partner in the governing coalition, plans to seek a ruling from the country’s Constitutional Court whether provisions from the Istanbul Convention […]
Unemployment in Bulgarian in December 2017 was 6.1 per cent, down from 6.7 per cent in December 2016 and again below the average for the European Unio ...
What is the definition of success? It’s “Lord of the Dance”, an Irish musical sensation created by Michael Flatley, who is a dancer ...
While nobody is disputing the dangers of the use of cell phones while driving, there are EU countries in which drivers who are texting or talking into ...
Imagine Cary Grant climbing the roofs of Old Town Plovdiv in “To Catch a Thief”, or Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh kissing on the main square in Veliko Tarnovo in […]
“Welcome sulfur dioxide, hello carbon monoxide, the air, the air is everywhere. Breathe deep, while you sleep, breathe deep.” These are part of the lyrics of the song “Air” in […]
Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court ruled on January 30 that the National Assembly acted unconstitutionally in rejecting the resignation of MP Delyan Dobrev last year, but stopped short of barring him from […]
Bulgaria is the 18th EU country to use Amber Alert, a child abduction alert system developed in the United States, the Ministry of the Interior in Sofia announced. In the […]
Schools have been closed in Bulgaria’s largest Black Sea city Varna, Rousse on the Danube, and in four other districts in Bulgaria on January 30 after flu epidemics were declared. […]
Romania’s parliament on January 29 voted in European Parliament lawmaker Viorica Dancila as the country’s first woman prime minister. The left-wing government she will lead is currently facing criticism from the European [&hel ...
