Confirmed cases of measles in Bulgaria have more than doubled in a month, to 223
There are 282 registered cases of measles in Bulgaria, of which 223 have been confirmed by laboratory tests, the Health
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Month: April 2019
Bulgaria increases patrols at borders as migrants try to reach North Macedonia from Greece
Bulgaria has strengthened its border patrols and is ready to implement a crisis management plan, Interior Minister Mladen Marinov told
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German President visits the Berlin Wall – in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv
Visiting Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv, European Capital of Culture 2019, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier was shown decorated fragments of the
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Registration for Bulgaria’s European Parliament elections begins with ruling majority shaken by apartments controversy
As has become traditional in recent years, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB party was the first in the
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In 2018, Bulgaria again second-highest in EU in road fatality rate – European Commission report
For the second consecutive year, Bulgaria had the second-highest road fatality rate in the European Union, the European Commission said
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Opposition to Bulgaria’s government seizes on controversy around anti-corruption chief
The announcement on April 4 by Bulgaria’s Prosecutor-General that the head of the country’s anti-corruption commission, Plamen Georgiev, was under
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Orthodox Easter 2019: N Macedonia bishop to go with Bulgarian delegation to Jerusalem to fetch ‘Holy Fire’
A bishop from the “Macedonian Orthodox Church” will accompany a Bulgarian Orthodox Church delegation to Jerusalem at Easter 2019 to
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Plovdiv City Council to hold special meeting on Plovdiv 2019 Foundation controversy
A special meeting of Plovdiv City Council is to be held on April 8 following a petition by opposition councillors
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Bulgaria Prosecutor-General orders new probes into apartment acquisitions, including by anti-corruption head
Acting on media reports, Bulgarian Prosecutor-General Sotir Tsatsarov has ordered investigations into property acquisitions by anti-corruption commision head Plamen Georgiev,
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