Average household electricity prices in EU in H2 2017 were lowest in Bulgaria – Eurostat
Average household electricity prices in Bulgaria in the second half of 2017 were the lowest in the European Union, at
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Bulgarian Interior Ministry bans photographing Turkish border fence
Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry has ordered restrictions on access to the area of the fence at the country’s border with Turkey,
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Energy issues expected to dominate Putin-Borissov meeting in Moscow
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov was expected to lobby for direct Russian natural gas deliveries to the planned Balkan gas
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Bulgaria high court challenges constitutionality of bank insolvency law amendments
Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court will rule on whether amendments to Bulgaria’s bank insolvency law, passed by Parliament earlier this year, breach
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Bulgarian Foreign Ministry condemns shelling attack on Israel from Gaza
Bulgaria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on May 30 that it strongly condemned the rocket and mortar fire by armed
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US State Department report notes assaults, harassment of minority religions in Bulgaria
Muslims, Mormons, and Jehovah’s Witnesses reported multiple cases of physical assaults, harassment, and threats against members of their communities in
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One third of Bulgarians in arrears with payments
About a third of Bulgarians – 34.2 per cent – were in arrears with payments of mortgage, rent, utility bills
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Bulgarian, Turkish interior ministers meet over border security and co-operation
Bulgarian Interior Minister Valentin Radev and his Turkish counterpart Süleyman Soylu met in Edirne on May 29 for a workshop
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More than 12% of Bulgarians of working age live in another EU country – Eurostat
About 12.5 per cent of Bulgarians of working age – defined as 20 to 64 – were living in another
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