GERB leader Borissov: Bulgaria will apply to join euro zone
Boiko Borissov, leader of the centre-right GERB party that won the largest share of seats in Bulgaria’s parliamentary elections and
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Bulgaria to begin accepting refugees from Turkey, caretaker cabinet decides – report
Bulgaria will begin accepting refugees from Turkey, the caretaker cabinet agreed in a decision not made public, a report on
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Bulgarian authorities reject council bid to abolish Koprivshtitsa’s historical and architectural reserve status
A controversial bid by the local council of the Bulgarian town of Koprivshtitsa to abolish its status as an architectural
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Bulgarian President Radev calls for formation of government of ‘national purpose and unity’
Bulgarian head of state President Roumen Radev said on March 30 that he hoped the government that would be formed
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Bulgarian among those arrested in bust of crime group smuggling hashish from Spain to Poland
A Bulgarian was among members of a crime group arrested in a bust against the smuggling of large quantities of
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Russian ambassador to Bulgaria congratulates GERB leader Borissov on election victory
The Russian ambassador in Sofia, Anatoliy Makarov, has written to centre-right GERB party leader Boiko Borissov congratulating him on his
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Bulgarian prosecutors probe nationalists’ pre-election protests at Turkish border
Acting on numerous complaints, the Bulgarian Prosecutor’s Office has begun an investigation into the “blockade” of the Turkish border mounted
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Bulgaria’s coalition government talks: Nationalists want ministerial posts but have ‘no extraordinary claims’
Bulgaria’s nationalist United Patriots coalition wants to have seats in a future GERB cabinet but is making no “extraordinary claims”
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Bulgaria’s competition watchdog ends fuel cartel investigation without fines
For the second time in less than five years, the Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) ended an investigation into
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