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In the latest incident in recent days involving the finding of unexploded old munitions in Bulgaria, a highly corroded 122m artillery shell was found in the town of Tvarditsa, a […]
Bulgaria’s commission for personal data protection said on August 28 that it had fined Banka DSK, the country’s second-largest lender by assets, one million leva (about 511 300 euro) for […]
The check ordered by Bulgaria’s Road Infrastructure Agency in the wake of the fire that damaged the supports on a Strouma Motorway overbridge earlier this month found 120 other cases […]
A team from the Regional Archaeological Museum in Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv has uncovered a 20 metre-high tower at the Maltepe mound site near the village of Manole. The tower […]
At a Cabinet meeting on August 28, Bulgaria’s Cabinet approved spending 70.7 million leva (about 36.1 million euro) on the country’s autumn 2019 municipal elections, a record budget for an […]
An online petition is using false allegations to seek the resignation of Maxim Benvenisti, a member of the executive board of the Organization of the Jews in Bulgaria “Shalom”, as […]
Bulgaria’s government has approved additional funding of up to 28 million leva (about 14 million euro) for the Agriculture Ministry to pay compensation and implement steps to eradicate African Swine […]
Culling of pigs at an industrial farm in Golyamo Vranovo in Bulgaria’s Rousse district, where an outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF) was confirmed in late July, is continuing, reports […]
The extremely good security co-operation between the UK and Bulgaria was the main topic of a phone conversation between British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his Bulgarian counterpart Boiko Borissov, […]
The number of foreign tourists who visited Bulgaria in July 2019 was 3.2 per cent lower than in July 2018, the National Statistical Institute (NSI) said. Among visitors from non-EU […]
