Bulgaria’s major political parties begin preparations for 2019 European Parliament, municipal elections
The national election headquarters of Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s GERB party held its first meeting on January 4 to
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Month: January 2019
Bulgarian National Bank to release commemorative coin honouring Plovdiv – European Capital of Culture 2019
Bulgarian National Bank will release into circulation a silver commemorative coin “Plovdiv – European Capital of Culture” from January 7
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Road Agency: Self-service terminals for buying e-vignettes will be at all border checkpoints ‘middle of next week’
By the middle of next week, 37 self-service terminals for motorists to buy electronic road tax stickers will be installed
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Bulgaria’s road agency: 300 snow-clearing machines deployed ahead of expected snowfalls, plummeting temperatures
About 1200 staff and more than 300 snow-clearing machines have been deployed and were treating road surfaces because of the
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Bulgaria suspends conversion of road tax stickers to electronic ones because of fraud attempts
The Bulgarian Road Infrastructure Agency said on January 3 that it was suspending with immediate effect the conversion of hard-copy
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Bulgarian Defence Minister: If US withdraws from Afghanistan, we have no business there
Nato should at its next ministerial meeting consider its format for Afghanistan, Bulgarian Defence Minister Krassimir Karakachanov said on January
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European Commissioner wishes Plovdiv, Matera success as European Capitals of Culture 2019
The European Education and Culture Commissioner, Tibor Navracsics, has wished Bulgaria’s Plovdiv and Italy’s Matera success as the 2019 holders of
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Archaeology: New studies rewrite the history of Ancient Philippopolis – report
New archaeological studies have proven that in the 4th century BCE, people were living not only on the three hills
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Bulgaria’s Culture Minister: Some Plovdiv European Capital of Culture projects will not happen
Some of the projects that are part of Plovdiv – European Capital of Culture 2019 obviously will not be implemented,
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