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Bulgaria’s Appellate Special Criminal Court has upheld an application by prosecutors to remand in custody five people accused of financing terrorism outside Bulgaria, as well as other crimes. The January […]
Politicians from Bulgaria’s ruling majority, including the Speaker of Parliament and the Prime Minister as well as members of the Cabinet, have hit back at criticisms levelled by President Roumen […]
The district of Turgovishte in Bulgaria announced a flu epidemic on January 29, declaring that schools would be closed until February 4 inclusive. The Varna district said that it was […]
The municipality in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia signed on January 29 a 44.7 million leva (about 22.8 million euro) contract with Polish firm PESA Bydgoszcz SA for the delivery of […]
New European Union regulations clarifying the rules applicable to property regimes for international married couples or registered partnerships apply in 18 EU countries – including Bulgaria – as of January […]
There is a danger of flooding in Bulgaria’s East Aegean and West Aegean river basins, the National Institute of Metereology and Hydrology said on January 29, citing forecasts of intense […]
Twenty-three out of Bulgaria’s 28 districts were subject to flu epidemic declarations as of January 29, with more than 1500 schools across the country closed – among them those in […]
There were more than 9.2 million foreign tourist visits to Bulgaria in 2018, a figure 4.4 per cent higher than in 2017 and a new record, Tourism Minister Nikolina Angelkova […]
The question of early parliamentary elections is no longer a matter of if but when, Bulgarian President Roumen Radev told a news conference on January 28 held to present his […]
Bulgaria’s districts of Vratsa and Montana have become the latest to declare a flu epidemic, bringing to 24 the number to have done so in the past fortnight, out of […]
