Court to examine application to extradite Bulgarian village mayor to Spain on people-trafficking charges
The Regional Court in the Bulgarian town of Pazardzhik was due on July 13 to examine an application to extradite
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Bulgarian Parliament votes to reimburse police who had to pay for their own uniforms
Bulgaria’s National Assembly approved on July 13 the second reading of amendments that will provide for the Interior Ministry to
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Plovdiv had the most fatal car accidents per capita in Bulgaria in 2016 – union of motorists
Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv had the highest rate of fatal road accidents per capita in the country in 2016, the
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Bulgaria and Greece to sign memorandum on development of Thessaloniki – Rousse multimodal transport corridor
Bulgaria’s government said on July 12 that it had approved a draft memorandum of understanding on the development of the
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Bulgarian Interior Minister: Anti-organised crime directorate’s new software is only for downloading data from mobile devices already seized
New software bought by Bulgaria’s Chief Directorate for Combating Organised Crime is only for downloading information from mobile devices already
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Bulgarian government foresees ‘extremely intensive work’ in preparing for 2018 EU presidency
The efforts of all bodies and institutions involved in preparations for Bulgaria to hold the presidency of the EU in
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Bulgarian Socialist Party MP Manol Genov charged with vote-buying
Anti-corruption prosecutors have lodged charges against Manol Genov, an MP for the opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party, alleging that he was
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Bulgaria’s population dropped by more than 51 000 in a year – Eurostat
January 1 2017 found Bulgaria with a population of 7 101 900, a decrease of 51 900 people in a
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‘Significant risks’ to media pluralism in Bulgaria, European Parliament committee told
There are significant risks to media pluralism in Bulgaria, according to an independent report presented to the European Parliament’s civil
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