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The two Bulgarian politicians who tabled controversial amendments to the Religious Denominations Act denied on March 29 that the changes were made under pressure from Ankara. Tsvetan Tsvetanov, GERB deputy […]
The ripples in the political row over alleged Turkish interference in Bulgaria’s controversial amendments to the Religious Denominations Act continued to expand on March 29 as both the government’s nationalist […]
A regular monthly poll by the National Statistical Institute (NSI) found the business climate in Bulgaria in March 2019 much the same as in the previous month. In February, the […]
Current European Union rules on legal migration are “largely fit for purpose” but more efforts are needed to raise awareness about the rights and procedures established by EU legislation and […]
The American College of Sofia (ACS) put on display the innovative technologies in use at the school as it took its turn in March 2019 to host Founders’ Day, in a growing […]
Amendments to Bulgaria’s Religious Denominations Act approved by Parliament have caused a flurry of exchanges between Sofia and Ankara, after Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu reportedly claimed that the changes […]
NGOs that have signed the memorandum “Together for Bulgaria. Together for Europe” have held their first working meeting, hosted by the Organization of the Jews in Bulgaria “Shalom”, as a […]
Summer daylight saving time starts in Bulgaria on March 31 2019 at 3am, when clocks must be adjusted forward an hour to 4am. Daylight saving time in Bulgaria starts every […]
Bulgaria’s National Assembly approved on March 28 the second and final reading of amendments to the Religious Denominations Act that will allow faith groups that have accumulated debts to the […]
Prosecutors in Plovdiv have started a process of questioning about 2000 taxi drivers in Bulgaria’s second city in connection with alleged tax evasion and other irregularities that it is claimed […]
