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Bulgaria’s Cabinet approved on December 19 the allocation of 76.2 million leva, or about 39 million euro, in EU funds for the construction of the Greece-Bulgaria gas inter-connector pipeline. The […]
The European Union and the State of Israel have committed to further collaboration in protecting Jewish communities, institutions as well as cultural heritage around the world and in multinational organisations. […]
A new outbreak of avian influenza was confirmed on December 19 in the village of Kosovo in the Vidin district in north-western Bulgaria, the country’s Food Safety Agency said. The […]
The European Commission said on December 19 that it would “intensify” contacts with the United States to achieve full visa reciprocity for Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Poland and Romania. Citizens of […]
Bulgaria’s President Roumen Radev said on December 19 that he has vetoed provisions in the amendments to the Penal Code, passed by Parliament last week, that give law enforcement agencies […]
Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first 10 months of the year stood at 842.2 million euro, the equivalent of 1.6 per cent of the gross domestic product, statistics […]
There is an old line that comes from the days of Romania’s “Socialist realism” style of literary-ideological manipulation: “The party is in everything: in all the things that are right […]
There are three main components in considering Bulgaria’s choice of a new fighter jet – price, its capabilities and the value over the life cycle, Defence Minister Krassimir Karakachanov said […]
The simmering conflict over the future of Bulgaria’s weather forecasting service appears to be far from over, with the country’s meteorology institute filing a court complaint to block the creation […]
The average duration of a marriage in Bulgaria has increased, from a 1990 figure of 9.4 years to 15.8 years in 2017, the National Statistical Institute (NSI) said in a […]
