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Odd as it may sound, the seemingly endless economic malaise enveloping Europe has not dimmed the appetite for investment in Bulgaria, a development that the country’s investment agency hopes to […]
After the finding in recent days of “vampire” burials in Sozopol, Bulgaria’s archaeological vampire saga took a new twist with the unearthing of another one. This time it was near […]
Ahead of the July 1 launch of her political party, Citizens for Bulgaria, Meglena Kouneva has embraced a strategy of portraying herself as an outsider, taking on an entrenched political […]
A group of young people from Sofia University’s sociology department have produced a book documenting the stories of 11 pre-1944 houses that are crumbling into ruins, a sad decline from […]
Amid the clamour and cacophony of the European economic crisis and the rapidly-whirling rumour mill about the future of the euro zone, it is hardly surprising that the EU integration […]
A demonstration by smokers against Bulgaria’s ban on smoking in enclosed public spaces such as restaurants, bars and workplaces, that came into effect at the beginning of June 2012, was […]
Bulgaria’s 2012 summer holiday season was launched on June 9 2012 at the Black Sea resort of Sunny Beach (Slunchev Bryag) with Economy, Energy and Tourism Minister Delyan Dobrev forecasting […]
Bulgaria will not experience any food shortages in spite of the heavy rains and hail that hit the country in recent months, Agriculture and Food Minister Miroslav Naidenov said. However, […]
More than two months after professor Botyo Tachkov died in a savage attack by a pack of stray dogs in a Sofia neighbourhood, Bulgaria’s capital city has announced a 1.3 […]
The Bulgarian Foreign Ministry intends bringing in new rules in July 2013 requiring translation agencies contracted to it to meet appropriate standards. There are about 2000 translation agency companies contracted […]
