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Ladies and gentlemen, in the far-right corner, Volen Siderov. In the other far-right corner, Angel Dzhambazki. In short: One of the ultra-nationalist candidates in the autumn 2019 mayoral elections in […]
The Court of Appeals in Sofia says that the parole it granted to Australian murder convict Jock Palfreeman is immediately enforceable. The statement w ...
The Organization of the Jews in Bulgaria “Shalom” has expressed its condemnation of the fatal shooting attack near a synagogue in the Germ ...
Results of a poll by the Alpha Research agency released on October 9 show incumbent Sofia mayor and GERB candidate Yordanka Fandukova with a very narr ...
Bulgarian MPs passed amendments to the country’s Penal Procedure Code that would abolish the use of “fast track” trial proceedings in premeditated murder cases. The amendments were approved at second […]
Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs has taken issue with the portrayal in a media statement by Bulgaria’s Justice Ministry of talks between minister Daniel Kirilov and Australian chargé d’ affaires […]
Bulgaria’s Cabinet announced on October 9 a framework position on the European Union accession aspirations of the Republic of North Macedonia and of Albania, stating support while spelling out the […]
European Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos was to sign on October 9 two arrangements with Albania and North Macedonia, implementing the Joint Action Plan on Counter-Terrorism for the Western [ ...
Bulgaria’s statutory broadcast regulator the Council for Electronic Media (CEM) voted on October 9 to begin the procedure to remove Svetoslav Kostov as director-general of public broadcaster Bulgarian National Radio. […]
Close to 60 hotels on Bulgaria’s southern Black Sea coast are at risk following the bankruptcy of British holiday firm Thomas Cook and its Bulgarian partner company Astral Holidays, according […]
