Canada to brief EU in autumn on timeline for lifting visas for Bulgarians and Romanians
Canadian technical experts will visit Bulgaria at the end of July 2016, after visiting Romania last month, as a part
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Bulgaria annual CPI records 1.3% deflation in June
Bulgaria’s consumer price index (CPI) shrank by 1.3 per cent year-on-year in June 2016, while the monthly data showed a
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Bulgarian Prosecutor-General: Sunny Beach is a ‘state within a state’
Bulgaria’s Prosecutor-General Sotir Tsatsarov has described the Black Sea resort of Sunny Beach, site of a June 2016 shootout that
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Bulgaria, Iran discuss transport, energy co-operation
During a visit to Tehran by a Bulgarian delegation led by Prime Minister Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria and Iran have signed
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Spain busts Bulgarian-run factories producing illegal cigarettes worth millions of euro
Law enforcement authorities in Madrid and Sofia have unveiled details of a bust some days ago in which 22 people,
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EC mediates Bulgaria-Romania talks with Canada on visa system
The European Commission is mediating talks being held in Brussels on July 11 between Bulgaria and Romania, on the one
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Bulgarian foreign exchange bureaus ‘sting’ customers – report
Some foreign exchange bureaus in Bulgaria are cheating customers by changing money at slightly different rates from those advertised on
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Plan for free extra Bulgarian lessons for children of refugees, foreigners, minorities
Bulgaria’s Education Ministry is proposing that the state provides free additional Bulgarian language lessons for children of ethnic minorities, of
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Bulgarian PM Borissov: Black Sea should be a demilitarised zone
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said on July 9 he wants the Black Sea to be a demilitarised zone, to
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