Bulgarian court orders nationalist politician returned to custody on people-trafficking charges
The Regional Court in Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv has ordered Anelia Veleva, the former Kostinbrod co-ordinator of the nationalist National
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Bulgarian Deputy PM promises stepped-up police presence in Roma area of Plovdiv
Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister Valeri Simeonov, who is one of the co-leaders of the nationalist United Patriots minority partner in
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Bulgarian court acquits ‘migrant hunter’ over detention of Afghan migrants
The Regional Court in the Bulgarian Black Sea city of Bourgas acquitted Petar “The Feather” Nizamov on August 3 of
Read morePrime ministers Borissov and Zaev sign Bulgaria – Macedonia good neighbourliness treaty
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov and his Republic of Macedonia counterpart Zoran Zaev signed a treaty of good neighbourliness between
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Bulgaria’s 2017 road death toll reaches 347 as August summer holiday peak season begins
A total of 347 people have died in road accidents in Bulgaria since the start of 2017, according to statistics
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Brexit: Bulgaria formally joins the race to take over the hosting of the European Medicines Agency
Bulgaria’s Cabinet has decided to nominate Sofia to host the European Medicines Agency, one of two major European Union bodies
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Bulgaria H1 2017 Budget surplus at 1.75B leva
Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry said that the consolidated Budget surplus for the first half of 2017 was 1.75 billion leva, or
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Former MP from Borissov’s GERB party faces six criminal charges, including for threatening murder
Bulgaria’s special anti-corruption unit at the Sofia City Prosecutor’s Office has lodged charges against Zhivko Martinov, formerly an MP for
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More than half of Bulgarians cannot afford a week’s holiday away from home – Eurostat
More than half of Bulgarians cannot afford a week’s holiday away from home, making them among the worst-off in the
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