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Most EU countries favour ending the system of twice-yearly clock changes, three are against while five have not yet taken a stance, it emerged after a meeting of EU transport […]
The number of visits to Bulgaria by foreign tourists in January to September 2018 was 5.5 per cent higher than in January – September 2017, the Tourism Ministry said, citing […]
Only about 32 per cent of Bulgarians would be willing to accept Muslims as relatives while 55 per cent would accept Jews as family members, according to a poll by […]
More than 20 people, including the head of the State Agency for Bulgarians Abroad, Petar Haralampiev, and the agency’s chief secretary, have been arrested in connection with alleged corruption and […]
The EU’s values such as the rule of law, the rights of women and children, and – especially where there is war – freedom, should be taken as an example […]
A regular monthly poll by the National Statistical Institute (NSI) found gloomier views of the business climate in Bulgaria in October 2018, the third consecutive month of a downward trend. […]
The announcement on October 29 that special prosecutors and anti-corruption officials were raiding offices of the State Agency for Bulgarians Abroad in connection with alleged graft was the latest episode […]
About 49 per cent of the batteries and accumulators sold in Bulgaria were collected for recycling, EU statistics agency Eurostat said on October 29. The figures, for 2016, meant that […]
Bulgaria’s Cabinet approved the 2019 Budget bill drafted by the Finance Ministry at a special sitting on October 28, although it was unclear why it chose to sit at the […]
The number of tourists coming to Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv is expected to double in 2019 when it holds the European Capital of Culture title – creating a challenge in […]
