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European Union legislators took the unprecedented step Wednesday to begin process of imposing sanctions on Hungary for presenting a “systematic threat” to the bloc’s Democratic values. The European Parliament voted […]
Mehmet Y., who has dual German-Turkish citizenship, has been under house arrest in a Bulgarian hotel since September 5. Officials in Ankara want him e ...
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov and his Finance Minister Vladislav Goranov have grabbed the headlines by pledging a 10 per cent increase in pa ...
A years-long battle that has pitted artists against big tech came to a head in Strasbourg on Wednesday, when the European Parliament voted to update c ...
The European Commission is proposing an end to the twice-annual changing of clocks in the EU, and leaving it to individual EU countries to choose whether to stay on summer […]
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker delivered his annual, and final, State of the Union address to the European Parliament on September 12 2018. These are the key points. A reinforced […]
Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry treated foreign diplomats accredited to the country to a ride on the narrow-gauge railway line between Septembri and Velingrad, the ministry said on September 12. The ride […]
Bulgaria’s exports in January to July 2018 were 1.8 per cent lower than in the first seven months of 2017, while at the same time imports increased by 8.3 per […]
Exports from Bulgaria in 2017 were 15.7% more than in 2016, with a month-on-month increase every month – but the country’s trade balance came out negative, the National Statistical Institute […]
Four more citizens of Serbia have died of West Nile fever in the last seven days, according to the Institute of Public Health of Serbia, “Dr Milan Jovanovic Batut”. This […]
