Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry slams Russian embassy event marking 1944 Soviet invasion
Bulgaria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has strongly criticised an event planned by the Russian embassy in Sofia entitled “The 75th
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Month: September 2019
Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: Ombudsman resigns, to stand as Sofia mayoral candidate
Maya Manolova arrived at Bulgaria’s National Assembly on the afternoon of September 3 to submit her resignation as national Ombudsman,
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Bulgaria awards highest state honour to departing ambassador of Greece
Bulgaria has conferred its highest state honour, the Stara Planina first degree, on outgoing Greek ambassador Grigorios Vassiloconstandakis. Vassiloconstandakis, whose
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Bulgaria’s local elections: Sofia mayor Fandukova sees Manolova candidacy as serious, not scary
Sofia mayor Yordanka Fandukova, seeking a fourth term in Bulgaria’s autumn 2019 local elections, said that she sees the challenge
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Bulgaria’s GERB leader Borissov speaks on Ombudsman’s candidacy for Sofia mayor
Bulgarian Prime Minister and GERB party leader Boiko Borissov says that he has no regrets about the support he has
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Bulgaria’s Ombudsman Manolova announces candidacy for mayor of Sofia
Bulgaria’s national Ombudman Maya Manolova said on September 2 that she would stand as a candidate to be mayor of
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Lifting of capital controls in Greece finalised
After four years, the capital controls in Greece have finally been lifted. The grounds for such a development had been
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Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: Fandukova seeks fourth term as Sofia mayor
Sofia mayor Yordanka Fandukova confirmed on September 2 that she would seek a fourth term in office in Bulgaria’s autumn
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Bulgaria’s Health Ministry: 1154 cases of measles reported
A total of 1154 cases of measles had been reported as at August 29, Bulgaria’s Ministry of Health said. Fourteen
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