Bulgarian prosecutors charge 7, including two former road agency bosses, over Svoge fatal bus crash
The Sofia District Prosecutor’s Office has lodged criminal charges against two former members of the Road Infrastructure Agency board of
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Month: April 2019
Bulgarian capital Sofia to buy 10 trams from Prague
The city council in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia voted on April 18 to approve the purchase for 400 000 leva (about
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Notre-Dame fire: Bulgarian Orthodox Church expresses ‘deepest support’ for the French people
Bulgarian Orthodox Church head Patriarch Neofit said on April 18 that the church had learnt with a broken heart about
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Bulgarian PM meets Iran’s Roads and Urban Development Minister
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov held talks on April 18 with Iran’s Minister of Roads and Urban Development Mohammad Eslami,
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FDI in Bulgaria shows 437.6M euro outflow in January-February 2019
Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first two months of the year recorded an outflow of 437.6 million euro,
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More than 30 000 ancient artefacts seized in crime bust to be returned to Bulgaria from Spain
More than 30 000 illegally exported ancient artefacts seized in a bust of an organised crime group in Spain and
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Association of European Journalists – Bulgaria responds to RSF media freedom index
Although for the first time in many years Bulgaria did not fall in the media freedom index of Reporters Without
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Reporters Without Borders: ‘Journalism is now dangerous in Bulgaria’
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has again ranked Bulgaria as lowest among European Union countries in its annual media freedom index,
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Bulgarian deputy minister resigns after prosecutors begin probe into alleged misappropriation of EU funds
Bulgarian Deputy Economy Minister Alexander Manolev resigned on April 17, hours after the Supreme Cassation Prosecutor’s Office said that it
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