81% of Bulgaria’s population are Orthodox Christians – but 22% of them are atheists or agnostics
Bulgarians who declared themselve to be Orthodox Christians added up to more than six million in 2015, about 81 per
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Remembrance Sunday 2017 in Sofia: ‘We shall remember them’
Diplomats, current and former service personnel, national and municipal officials and members of the expatriate community in Bulgaria gathered at
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Eurobarometer poll: 59% of Bulgarians think air quality declined in past 10 years
About 59 per cent of Bulgarians think that the air quality in the country has deteriorated in the past 10
Read morePresident Radev on Soviet monuments: It’s up to the Bulgarian foreign ministry to respond to the Russian foreign ministry
There is a clear protocol, that the Bulgarian foreign ministry should respond to the Russian foreign ministry, Bulgarian President Roumen
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Bulgarian Foreign Ministry condemns daubing of Nazi, anti-Semitic slogans on Soviet monument in Plovdiv
Bulgaria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has strongly condemned the act of vandalism against the Alyosha monument in Plovdiv that saw
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Tangling over the transition: Bulgarian politicians mark November 10 anniversary of the fall of Zhivkov
Certain dates in the Bulgarian political calendar are destined to arouse passions arising from ideological differences, and November 10 is
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Alyosha Soviet soldier monument in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv daubed with anti-Semitic, anti-Russian graffiti
The Alyosha monument in Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv has been daubed with numerous anti-Semitic, anti-Russian and anti-communist messages. The spraying
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Defence Minister: Ranking procedure for new fighter aircraft to be completed by end of July 2018
Bulgaria’s Defence Ministry will send a formal invitation by the end of November 2017 to the bidders to supply the
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Bulgarian National Assembly votes in Kiril Ananiev as health minister
Bulgaria’s unicameral Parliament, the National Assembly, voted on November 10 to approve the appointment of Kiril Ananiev as Health Minister.
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