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Bulgaria’s Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) used its July 16 meeting to go on a media offensive to justify its decision to sack Miroslava Todorova, the head of the union of […]
Members of Bulgaria’s centre-right Union of Democratic Forces (UDF) have chosen Karlovo mayor Emil Kabaivanov as the party’s new leader, a move seen as sealing the end of prospects of […]
A moderate earthquake, which different estimates put at 4.2 and 4.6 magnitude on Richter scale, was registered near Bulgarian capital Sofia on July 14. The tremor was felt at 3.52pm […]
A Code Red hazardous weather warning has been issued for three places in Bulgaria on July 15 2012 – Veliko Turnovo, Rousse and Pleven. The lesser “code orange” warning has […]
Miroslava Todorova, the chairperson of the judges union in Bulgaria, who was fired by the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) on July 12 for late filings of verdict reasoning in three […]
Archaeologists have uncovered a unique for the Balkan Penninsula frescoed tomb in central Plovdiv, preliminary dated as old as the fourth century CE. According to archaeologists, quoted by public broadcaster […]
On-again, off-again moves in Bulgaria to introduce compulsory study of religion in schools have taken a new turn with Prime Minister Boiko Borissov reportedly having ordered Education Ministry officials and […]
Speeds of 140km/h will be possible within days on the revamped Plovdiv to Dimitrovgrad rail line, Bulgaria’s Transport Minister Ivailo Moskovski said on July 13 2012. The distance between the […]
Finance fromBulgaria’s special trust fund will be used to finance a project worth $50 000 to provide for urgent action to safeguard the educational level of the children of Syrian refugees […]
The owner of the Hotel Rodina in Sofia, Vassil Ninov, and the hotel’s manager, Konstantin Georgiev, were among four foreign citizens arrested in the Greek city of Thessaloniki after police […]
