EC invites Eastern European member states to weigh in on Gazprom anti-trust settlement proposal
The European Commission said on March 13 that it has asked eight Eastern European member states for comments on the
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Bulgaria elections 2017: From populism to polling stations to poverty and an epilepsy epidemic
At the beginning of the final two weeks ahead of Bulgaria’s March 2017 parliamentary elections, politicians continued criss-crossing the country
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Thousands of migrants ‘disappear’ from Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry, refugee agency centres – report
Thousands of migrants have “disappeared” from Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry distribution centres and State Agency for Refugees camps in the past
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Bulgarian election commission bans showing of Mestan’s DOST video because of Turkish sub-titles
Bulgaria’s Central Election Commission (CEC) has banned the showing of an election campaign video by Lyutvi Mestan’s DOST party because
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Bulgaria elections 2017: The week that was, March 12
With two weeks to go to Bulgaria’s March 26 2017 early parliamentary elections, the past few days have seen matters
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Belene case Catholic priest: ‘Where are you, Patriarch Neofit? Where are you, Mr President Radev?’
Father Paolo Cortese, the Roman Catholic priest recalled from Bulgaria after getting death threats for sheltering a Syrian refugee family,
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Bulgarian Orthodox Church Holy Synod names Bishop Grigorii as new Metropolitan of Vratsa
The Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s governing body, the Holy Synod, unanimously elected 47-year-old Bishop Grigorii on March 12 as the new
Read moreProtest held in Sofia over Roman Catholic priest recalled from Bulgaria after death threats for sheltering Syrian refugees
A group of Bulgarians from a civil society pressure group held a protest outside the Presidency in Sofia on March
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Bulgaria and Romania to hold talks in coming weeks on border crossings – caretaker PM Gerdzhikov
The governments of Bulgaria and Romania will hold talks in April at the latest on overall conditions regarding all border
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