Greek church backdown on cremation could cut profits at Sofia crematorium
Every morning at the crematorium in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia, there is a long queue of hearses with Greek registration
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Author: Independent Balkan News Agency
Bulgaria reports drop in exports in January – April 2016
Bulgaria’s exports in January to April 2016 were three per cent lower than in the same period of 2015, the
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Athens confident euro working group will green-light funds disbursement
Euro zone deputy finance ministers – the so-called Euro Working Group – will convene in Helsinki on June 9 to
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Bulgaria backs European fingerprint database of convicted non-EU nationals
Bulgaria supports the setting up of a centralised database of the fingerprints of non-EU nationals who have criminal convictions, the
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Bulgarian President hosts Iftar dinner at start of Ramadan
Bulgarian head of state President Rossen Plevneliev hosted an Iftar dinner on the evening of June 6, as the Muslim
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Tourism Minister: Bulgarian beaches better than Greece’s
Greece has its troubles – economic woes and the refugee crisis among them – and now insult has been added
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Bulgaria drops lawsuit to pull out of Bourgas-Alexandroupolis pipeline company – report
Bulgaria has withdrawn a lawsuit filed last year to liquidate the project company for the Bourgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline, according to
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Panels for Bulgarian – Turkish border fence stolen
Bulgarian authorities are investigating the theft of 20 panels intended for the extended Bulgarian – Turkish border fence. Each panel
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Controversy over Pan-Orthodox Council directed at Patriarchal throne
The first attempt at a congregation of the Orthodox Christian Churches after the Schism of 1054, the Pan-Orthodox Council in
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