Archaeology: More than 80 mediaeval tombs found at Bulgaria’s Perperikon
Professor Nikolai Ovcharov’s archaeological team working at the ancient sacred site of Perperikon in Bulgaria has discovered more than 80
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Bulgarian nationalist politician accused in people-trafficking case resigns from Simeonov’s party
Anelia Veleva, co-ordinator of Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister Valeri Simeonov’s far-right National Front for the Salvation of Bulgaria party in
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Bulgarian National Assembly adopts calendar of events for 2018 EU Presidency
Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted on July 28, at its final sitting before the summer recess, to approve the calendar of
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Bulgarian nationalist United Patriots MP: Commission for Protection against Discrimination is ‘redundant’
Pavel Shopov, an MP for the nationalist United Patriots and a long-standing member of Volen Siderov’s Ataka party, told Bulgaria’s
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Archaeology: Ancient stone baptismal vessel found at Plovdiv’s Episcopal Basilica site
A team of archaeologists coming to the close of a 10-month project at Plovdiv’s Episcopal Basilica site have found a
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Bulgarian Parliament unanimously backs good neighbourliness agreement with Republic of Macedonia
With a vote of 206 in favour, none against and with no abstentions, Bulgaria’s Parliament adopted on July 27 a
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Turkey appoints new ambassador to Bulgaria, sending Gökçe to Guatemala – reports
The Turkish foreign ministry is to appoint career diplomat Hasan Ulusoy as Ankara’s ambassador in Sofia, and is sending the
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Bulgaria’s government ‘to fight bureaucracy with more bureaucracy’
A month and a half after declaring a total war on bureaucracy, the Bulgarian government has decided that in order
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Belgrade court declines to rule in Vassilev extradition case
A high court in Belgrade has decided it was outside its competence to rule on Bulgaria’s request to extradite Tsvetan
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