Borissov’s GERB names National Assembly Speaker Tsacheva as presidential candidate
Bulgarian Prime Minister and centre-right GERB party leader Boiko Borissov said on October 2 that National Assembly Speaker Tsetska Tsacheva
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Bulgarian, Greek, Romanian, Turkish, Israeli, Russian and UK school holidays 2017
Planning a ski trip? Want to know when are the school holidays? Here are the Bulgarian, Greek, Romanian, Turkish, Israeli,
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Bulgaria’s Bourgas Airport to close from end of October to end of December
Bulgaria’s Bourgas Airport on the Black Sea coast will be closed to flights from October 31 to December 30 2016
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Bulgaria January-August 2016 Budget surplus at 3.32B leva, beats forecasts
Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry said on September 30 that the consolidated Budget surplus for the eight months of 2016 was 3.32
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Bulgarian presidential election campaigns underway as GERB candidate awaited
Never mind the official campaign period beginning on October 6, candidates in Bulgaria’s 2016 presidential election race are already on
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Bulgarian Foreign Minister: Russia has not objected to Georgieva entry into UN race
Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov said on September 30 that there were no objections from Russia and other countries to
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Record number of foreign tourists visited Bulgaria in April – August 2016 – Tourism Minister
More than six million foreign tourists visited Bulgaria in January to August 2016, while the number of foreign visitors to
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Four Bulgarian Border Police arrested for corruption
Four Bulgarian Border Police were arrested for corruption at the Kapitan Andreevo border checkpoint with Turkey on September 30. More
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Hungary supports Bulgaria’s nomination of Georgieva to be UN Secretary-General
Hungary supports Bulgaria’s nomination of Kristalina Georgieva for the post of United Nations Secretary-General, Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban said
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