Two Bulgarian former presidents enter controversy over Russian Patriarch Kirill’s dispute over history
Two Bulgarian former heads of state have entered the controversy sparked by Russian Patriarch Kirill taking offence at other countries
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Bulgarian MFA wants Edirne Consul-General to explain controversial changes to Liberation Day celebration
Bulgaria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs says it is seeking an explanation from the Consul-General in the Turkish city of Edirne
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Exhibition by photographer Doron Ritter opens at the Hungarian Cultural Institute in Sofia
An exhibition by Hungarian photographer Doron Ritter of scenes and people of one of Jerusalem’s oldest Jewish neighbourhoods, Mea She’arim,
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Borissov and Putin discuss meeting during Bulgaria’s EU Presidency
In a telephone conversation on March 5, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov and Russian president Vladimir Putin discussed meeting during
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Exhibition ‘Repentance – Memorial to the Victims of Communism’ opens at Sofia’s Raiko Alexiev Gallery on March 8
An exhibition by sculptor Andrei Vrabchev entitled “Repentance – Memorial to the Victims of Communism” opens at the Raiko Alexiev
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Exhibition ‘Five Portraits’ by Bulgarian photojournalists opens at National Gallery on March 8
An exhibition entitled “Five Portraits”, by Bulgarian photojournalists, opens at the National Art Gallery – The Palace in Sofia on
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Bird flu outbreak at poultry farm in town in north-eastern Bulgaria – Food Safety Agency
An outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N8 type of bird flu has been detected at a poultry farm in the
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Bulgaria’s long weekend ends: Avalanche warnings, landslides and swollen rivers
Bulgaria approached the end of its Liberation Day long weekend on March 5, with warnings of avalanches in some mountain
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Russian Patriarch Kirill’s visit to Bulgaria for Liberation Day hit by controversies
The visit by Russian Patriarch Kirill to Bulgaria for celebrations of the country’s 140th anniversary of liberation from Ottoman rule
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