Bulgarian elections 2017: There will be voting machines at all polling stations, CEC says
Bulgaria’s Central Election Commission (CEC) formally decided on February 10 that there will be voting machines at all polling stations
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Bulgarian transport minister orders immediate safety checks of goods train companies
Bulgaria’s caretaker Transport Minister Hristo Alexiev said on February 10 that he had ordered immediate checks that goods train companies
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Bulgarian customs officers seize 2356 litres of illegal rakiya – from two monasteries
Bulgaria’s Customs Agency has confiscated 2356 litres of illegal rakiya – the country’s traditional distilled spirit – from the Bachkovo
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February 2017 penumbral lunar eclipse to be visible from Sofia – clouds permitting
Bulgaria’s capital Sofia will be among places from which the penumbral lunar eclipse in the early hours of February 11
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Protesting Greek farmers determined to block borders, railways, motorways
Greek farmers protesting against tax and social security reforms are determined to block all border crossings, railway lines and major
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Bulgaria’s 2017 elections: There’s even a Coalition of the Dissatisfied
Eighteen parties and nine coalitions have applied to the Central Election Commission for registration to take part in Bulgaria’s March
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Bulgaria caretaker PM fires road agency bosses over fatal tunnel incident
Bulgaria’s caretaker Prime Minister Ognyan Gerdzhikov fired the chairman of the Road Infrastructure Agency board and the executive director of
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Bulgaria’s 2017 elections: Government approves extra spending for machine voting – but sum not known
Bulgaria’s caretaker Cabinet has approved extra spending on the country’s March 2017 early parliamentary elections to enable machine voting at
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Bulgaria has accepted 29 asylum-seekers from Greece under EU relocation scheme
Since the European Union adopted its relocation scheme for asylum-seekers in September 2015, Bulgaria has accepted 29 from Greece and
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