Tourism Minister: Bulgarian beaches better than Greece’s
Greece has its troubles – economic woes and the refugee crisis among them – and now insult has been added
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Bulgaria drops lawsuit to pull out of Bourgas-Alexandroupolis pipeline company – report
Bulgaria has withdrawn a lawsuit filed last year to liquidate the project company for the Bourgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline, according to
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Bulgarian Parliament revives plan to move
Bulgaria’s unicameral Parliament, the 240-member National Assembly, has allocated close to 20 million leva (about 10.22 million euro) to renovate
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Panels for Bulgarian – Turkish border fence stolen
Bulgarian authorities are investigating the theft of 20 panels intended for the extended Bulgarian – Turkish border fence. Each panel
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Refugees intercepted trying to cross into Bulgaria from Greece
A group of 70 refugees was stopped while trying to cross into Bulgaria from Greece on June 5, reports said.
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Bulgaria’s GERB party has decided on its presidential candidate – senior MPs
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB party has decided on its candidate for the presidential elections in autumn 2016,
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Museum of the Rose opens in Bulgaria’s Kazanluk
A Museum of the Rose, reportedly the only one of its kind in the world, opened in the central Bulgarian
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S&P, Fitch re-affirm Bulgaria’s credit ratings
Two of the leading global credit rating agencies have re-affirmed Bulgaria’s sovereign ratings, with Standard&Poor’s maintaining the country’s creditworthiness was
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Bulgaria Transport Ministry invites bids for Sofia Airport concession
Bulgaria’s Transport Ministry said on June 3 that it has formally opened the tender to pick a concession operator for
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