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Human rights issues in Bulgaria included physical mistreatment of detainees and convicts by officials; harsh conditions in prisons and detention facilities; corruption, inefficiency, and a lack of accountability in the […]
In October 2017, the president of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, made an official visit to Serbia. It was not the first time a Turkish leader had gone ...
In Bulgaria, the emblematic Irish holiday St Patrick’s Day will be marked with the lighting of key buildings in green, a number of cultural events, ...
To ensure the least possible disruption from a no-deal Brexit, members of the European Parliament voted on March 13 on travel, transport, Erasmus, soc ...
Bulgaria’s Cabinet approved on March 13 a memorandum of understanding with China that envisages the creation of a Global Partnership Centre in Sofia, the government information service said. The Global […]
The improvements to the Visa Information System (VIS), agreed to on March 13 by members of the European Parliament, would ensure a better EU response to security and migratory challenges, […]
An exhibition of more than 90 works by Bulgarian artist Vassil Ivanov opens at the National Gallery – the Palace in Sofia on March 14 and continues until May 19 […]
Bulgaria’s Cabinet has approved an agreement with the Republic of North Macedonia on co-operation on disaster response, the government information service in Sofia said on March 13. The agreement was […]
Bulgaria’s majority partner in government, Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s GERB party, announced on March 13 that instead of writing off more than eight million leva (about four million) in debts […]
The British embassy in Sofia says that it is working closely with Bulgarian Traffic Police (KAT) to clarify the requirements for UK nationals to continue driving in Bulgaria. The embassy […]
