Bulgarian deputy PM continues crusade against state of Sunny Beach summer holiday resort
Having announced that he wants to legislate against organised pub crawls – though it remains unclear how such a law
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Borissov’s GERB has 25.7% per cent support, the Bulgarian Socialist Party 19.6% – poll
A few months after Bulgaria’s March 2017 early parliamentary elections, Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB party has 25.7 per
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Alpha Research poll: Bulgarian President Radev has 57% approval rating
Five months after taking office in January 2017, Bulgarian head of state President Roumen Radev has an approval rating of
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Bulgarian PM Borissov’s GERB party proposes special parliamentary committee to probe fighter jet acquisition process
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s GERB party is to propose setting up a special parliamentary fact-finding committee on the fighter
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Percentage of Bulgarians optimistic about future of EU rises to 59% in Eurobarometer spring 2017 poll
The percentage of Bulgarians who are optimistic about the future of the European Union has risen to 59 per cent
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Archaeology: Ancient glass bracelets found at newly-discovered necropolis near Plovdiv’s Small Basilica
Very well-preserved glass bracelets have been found in a grave in a recently-discovered necropolis near Plovdiv’s Small Basilica. The necropolis
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Bulgaria to begin negotiations with Sweden on possible Gripen deal ‘in coming weeks’ – Borissov
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has told his Swedish counterpart Stefan Löfven that negotiations on the possible acquisition by Bulgaria
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Bulgarian PM Borissov ‘not optimistic’ Brexit will be quick and easy or without huge compromises
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has expressed a gloomy outlook on Brexit, saying that he was not optimistic that it
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Bulgarian prosecutors seek to lift immunity of three Volya MPs
Bulgaria’s Prosecutor-General Sotir Tsatsarov has submitted a formal request to the National Assembly on June 23 to lift the immunity from
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