Sofia district mayor arrested in public law enforcement operation
The mayor of Sofia’s Mladost district Dessislava Ivancheva was arrested on April 17 at one of the busiest intersections in
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Turkish President Erdoğan thanks Bulgarian PM Borissov for meeting with EU leaders in Varna
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has written to Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov to express his gratitude for the EU-Turkey
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Sofia Science Festival 2018: Futurist Roey Tzezana is coming…or rather, his robot is
Normally, in writing about the participants in Sofia Science Festival, each story is about a presenter who is coming. This
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In Priština, Bulgarian PM Borissov says resolution of bilateral issues is path to EU membership
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has expressed hope that the respective dialogues between Priština and Belgrade, and between Athens and
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Bulgarian President Radev: Military effect of air strike on Syria ‘negligible’
Bulgarian head of state President Roumen Radev has expressed a critical view of the US-led air strike on Syria on
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Bulgaria annual CPI records 2.2% inflation in March
Bulgaria’s annual consumer price index (CPI) recorded 2.2 per cent inflation in March, up 0.2 percentage points compared to a
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Traffic restrictions on central Sofia thoroughfare due to Metro construction
Major infrastructure works have become a routine cause of congestion in Sofia during the summer months in recent years and
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Bulgaria in second place in the EU in births outside marriage
Close to two-thirds of the births in Bulgaria in 2016 were out of wedlock, putting the country in second place
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Online petition to repatriate body of Bulgarian-born bus crash victim from Malta to Spain
Following the death of a Bulgarian-born woman in an open-top bus crash in Malta, an online petition has been launched
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