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Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatović said in a statement on September 3 that she was concerned at numerous reports of violence by Bulgarian police against journalists […]
Bulgaria had the biggest drop among all European Union countries in the volume of retail trade in July 2020 compared with July 2019, EU statistics agency Eurostat said on September […]
Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted on September 3 to approve the appointment of Dessislava Ahladova as Justice Minister, replacing Danail Kirilov, who resigned last week. The motion passed with 98 MPs […]
Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted on September 3 to accept the resignation of Stefka Stoeva as head of the country’s Central Electoral Commission (CEC). Stoeva resigned last week, citing personal reasons. […]
Media associations in Bulgaria have condemned assaults and teargassing of journalists by police during the September 2 “grand national uprising” protests in the country’s capital city Sofia. The incidents took […]
A total of 126 people were taken into custody by police on September 2, the “grand national uprising” day against Bulgaria’s government and Prosecutor-General, according to a statement in Parliament […]
The death toll among people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for new coronavirus has risen by six in the past 24 hours to a total of 648, according to […]
Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry said that 35 people were arrested during clashes in capital city Sofia on September 2 as anti-government protesters tried to breach a police cordon around the National […]
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s GERB party and a governing coalition partner, the ultra-nationalist VMRO, reached a deal on September 2 on tabling a draft new constitution and a vote […]
Bulgaria’s Cabinet decided on September 2 to increase the minimum daily unemployment pay from nine leva to 12 leva (from about 4.6 euro to 6.13 euro), the Ministry of Labour […]
