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Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) leader Kornelia Ninova said on May 27 that she would ask the party’s executive committee to call a leadership contest after the socialists came a distant […]
Bulgarian socialists doubled up on their efforts to tap into a populist vein, with party leader Kornelia Ninova announcing on January 24 plans to tabl ...
Ahmed Dogan, founder of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) – the party led and supported in the main by Bulgarians of Turkish ethnicity – ...
Bulgaria’s special criminal court was unable on December 13 to start proceedings in the trial related to the collapse of the Corporate Commercia ...
Bulgarian Parliament passed amendments to the Interior Ministry Act on November 23 that would give the border police directorate of the ministry wider powers to investigate crimes and participate in […]
Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov wrapped up a career year with his biggest title yet, defeating David Goffin to win the ATP Finals at the O2 Arena in London on November 19. […]
The European Commission’s regular reports on progress under the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism (CVM) have always elicited the same reaction in Bulgaria, as parties in government would cherry-pick the positives […]
As Bulgaria puts the finishing touches on preparations to hold the rotating presidency of the Council of the EU starting a few short weeks from now, the European Commission’s latest […]
Bulgaria’s Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) has fined online electronics retailer Laptop.BG about 47 300 leva, on the grounds that the contents of a YouTube video posted by an […]
Bulgaria’s Government approved the 2018 Budget bill drafted by the Finance Ministry at a cabinet meeting on October 30, held the day before the legal deadline for submitting the bill […]
