40 Bulgarian customs officers at Lesovo checkpoint held in anti-corruption bust
Bulgarian State Agency for National Security and Interior Ministry teams arrested 40 customs officers at the Lesovo border checkpoint with
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Bulgaria’s 2016 elections: Daily roundup, November 1
With five days to go before Bulgaria’s November 6 presidential elections, there seems scant to no chance that voters will
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Bulgarian President calls for ‘transparency and openness’ in fighter jet acquisition
Bulgaria’s President Rossen Plevneliev, who as head of state is also commander-in-chief, has urged “transparency and openness” in the process
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Bulgaria January-September 2016 Budget surplus at 3.36B leva, below forecast
Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry said that the consolidated Budget surplus for the first nine months of 2016 was 3.36 billion leva,
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Bulgarian Cabinet approves draft 2017 Budget
Bulgaria’s Government approved the 2017 Budget bill drafted by the Finance Ministry, holding at a special meeting on October 31,
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Bulgaria’s 2016 elections: Daily roundup, October 31
Monday October 31 finds Bulgaria’s 21 presidential candidates in the final week ahead of what is likely to prove to
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After blocking border crossings, Bulgarian transport drivers threaten further protests
Traffic at Bulgarian border checkpoints including Kapitan Andreevo and Lesovo was blocked for two hours by protesting lorry transport drivers
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Bulgaria’s 2016 road death toll reaches 589 at end of October
A total of 589 people have died in road accidents in Bulgaria since the start of 2016, the Interior Ministry
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Bulgarian police arrest two over illegal dog fighting in Plovdiv
Bulgarian police have arrested two men in connection with illegal dog fighting involving pitbulls in the northern industrial zone of
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