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Volen Siderov, parliamentary leader of the United Patriots – the grouping of far-right and nationalist parties that is the minority partner in Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s government – has […]
There were more than 8.834 million visits by foreign tourists to Bulgaria in January to November 2018, an increase of 4.9 per cent compared with Janua ...
In 2017, about 6.9 per cent of household spending by Bulgarians was on restaurants and hotels, European Union statistics agency Eurostat said. This wa ...
Open-air concerts are scheduled for Bulgaria’s capital Sofia, as well as second city Plovdiv, “sea capital” Varna and Black Sea city ...
A number of events are scheduled for Bulgaria in 2019; well, some are scheduled, others are – to riff on Rumsfeld – the unknown unknowns. Lacking a crystal ball, for […]
A regular monthly poll by the National Statistical Institute (NSI) found that the business climate in Bulgaria in December 2018 worsened slightly compared with the previous month. In December 2018, […]
New rules to strengthen the Schengen Information System (SIS) – proposed by the European Commission in December 2016 and adopted earlier in 2018 – entered into force on December 28 […]
Bulgaria’s Energy and Water Regulatory Commission decided on December 28 to increase the price of natural gas by 3.51 per cent for the first quarter of 2019 and to hike […]
Plovdiv mayor Ivan Totev has decreed the lengthening of the winter school holiday by two days as his city prepares to be European Capital of Culture 2019, the municipality announced. […]
At a regular meeting on December 27, Bulgaria’s Cabinet decided that Lyulin Motorway would become part of Struma Motorway and the Kalotina – Sofia road would become the Europe Motorway, […]
