Borissov positions his party for Bulgaria’s autumn 2019 municipal elections
At a national meeting of his centre-right GERB party on July 7, leader and Prime Minister Boiko Borissov sought to
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Month: July 2019
Bulgaria summons Serbian ambassador after Dačić slams Bulgarian PM over Kosovo
Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry said on July 6 that the Serbian ambassador was being summoned to a meeting at the ministry
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Drop in tourist numbers expected at Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast in 2019 – Tourism Minister
Bulgaria’s Black Sea resorts are expected to record lower visitor numbers in the 2019 summer season, which current estimates put
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Bulgarian imprisoned, fined for attempted vote-buying in European Parliament elections
The District Court in the Bulgarian town of Haskovo approved on July 5 a plea bargain between prosecutors and a
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Israeli embassy in Sofia condemns acts of violation against mosque, Chief Mufti’s office
The embassy of Israel in Sofia strongly condemns the acts of violation and sacrilege of the Kurshun Mosque in Karlovo, which
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Broadcast regulator elects Koshlukov as director-general of Bulgarian National Television
Broadcast media regulator the Council for Electronic Media elected on July 5 Emil Koshlukov as the director-general of public broadcaster
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Bulgarian Socialist Party distances itself from Stanishev calling Borissov ‘a statesman’
The executive bureau of the Bulgarian Socialist Party distances itself from the comment by Party of European Socialists leader Sergei
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Interior Ministry takes steps to ease traffic at Bulgaria-Greece Kulata checkpoint
Five lanes will opened to ease the passage of cars from Bulgaria to Greece at the Kulata border checkpoint this
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Stones thrown at Muslim HQ in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia
Stones were thrown at the Sofia headquarters of the Office of the Chief Mufti, spiritual leader of Bulgaria’s Muslims, breaking
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