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Archaeologists working in the Bulgarian town of Kyustendil have uncovered a large building, believed to have been the residence of the Bishop of Pautalia, the Roman-era name of the town […]
About 32.8 per cent of Bulgarians aged 30 to 34 had tertiary education in 2017, putting the country closer to the goal of this figure reaching 36 per cent by […]
The European Union-Western Balkans Summit in Sofia on May 17 should reaffirm the European perspective of the Western Balkans, European Council President Donald Tusk said. Tusk was speaking in Tirana […]
The US Army in Europe (USAREUR) Band will be on tour in Bulgaria from May 4 to 6 2018, the US embassy said. The tour will include free live performances in three […]
Bulgarian weather forecasters have gone public with a statement saying that “systematic under-funding” will make it impossible for them to carry out their tasks, including warning people of impending dangerous […]
Bulgaria has fallen again in Reporters Without Borders’ annual World Press Freedom Index, to the lowest ranking among European Union countries and lower in the index than all the countries […]
European Enlargment Commissioner Johannes Hahn is optimistic that the name dispute between Skopje and Athens over the use of the name “Macedonia” may be solved in the next 15 days, […]
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled on April 24 2018 that protection applied under the European Convention on Human Rights if the health of an asylum applicant with severe […]
The average price of 0.1 hectare of agricultural land in Bulgaria reached 872 leva (about 446 euro) in 2017, an increase of 14.6 per cent compared with 2016, the National […]
About 61.4 per cent of Bulgarians believe that people holding elected office or who are in positions of leadership should be checked to see whether they worked for the country’s […]
