Bulgarian President takes referendum questions to Constitutional Court
Bulgarian head of state President Rossen Plevneliev is asking the Constitutional Court to rule whether three of the questions planned
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Borissov: I could have been President years ago if I wanted
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said on May 27 that he did not see himself as the unifying right-wing candidate
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Bulgaria anti-trust regulator approves Tokuda hospital acquisition by Acıbadem
Bulgaria’s Commission for Protection of Competition has ruled to approve the proposed acquisition of Tokuda hospital in Sofia and City
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Bulgarian village mayor faces organised crime, racketeering charges
The mayor of the Bulgarian village of Galiche, Tsenko Chokov – arrested in a large-scale police raid along with his
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Bulgarian parliamentary committees approve jet fighter, patrol ship projects
The Bulgarian Parliament’s committees on defence and on budget and finance have approved projects worth well more than a billion
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Bulgarian prime minister is Brussels’ ‘golden boy’
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has urged Eastern Europe to show more solidarity in the refugee crisis. What are his
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EC asks Bulgaria to comply with EU rules on agricultural land, public procurement
The European Commission said on May 26 that it was stepping up the infringement proceedings against Bulgaria over restrictions against
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Plovdiv city councillor wears burqa in protest against lack of ban
A Plovdiv municipal councillor for the nationalist VMRO party arrived at a May 26 council meeting wearing a burqa in
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Bulgarian drug trafficker handed sentence in Romanian trial
A Bucharest court sentenced Evelin “Brendo” Banev to 14 years in jail on charges of drug trafficking, Bulgarian media reported
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