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Bulgarian Prime Minister and GERB party leader Boiko Borissov says that he has no regrets about the support he has given over the years to Maya Manolova, the country’s Ombudsman […]
Bulgaria’s national Ombudman Maya Manolova said on September 2 that she would stand as a candidate to be mayor of capital city Sofia in the country’s autumn 2019 local elections. […]
After four years, the capital controls in Greece have finally been lifted. The grounds for such a development had been laid by the previous government and has been implemented by […]
Sofia mayor Yordanka Fandukova confirmed on September 2 that she would seek a fourth term in office in Bulgaria’s autumn 2019 local elections. Fandukova, a deputy leader of Prime Minister […]
A total of 1154 cases of measles had been reported as at August 29, Bulgaria’s Ministry of Health said. Fourteen districts in Bulgaria are affected. In the city and district […]
The current standstill in the Middle East Peace Process is cause for serious concern, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva said on September 2 in talks in Sofia with the foreign […]
Registration of political parties and coalitions for Bulgaria’s autumn 2019 mayoral and municipal elections began on the morning of September 2, with – as has been customary for years – […]
Moody’s credit ratings agency has affirmed Bulgaria’s credit rating at Baa2 and raised the outlook from stable to positive, citing Bulgaria’s stronger fiscal position and improved economic growth prospects. The […]
A total of 378 people died in accidents on Bulgaria’s roads between January 1 and August 31 2019, according to Interior Ministry provisional figures. This is 17 fewer people than […]
Construction of a new aquapark in the Vuzrazhdane residential area of Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia is to be completed by November 5 2019 and the site commissioning procedure will begin, […]
