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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Bulgarian defence industry exports up 50% year-on-year
Exports by Bulgaria’s defence industry were 50 per cent higher in 2015 than in 2014, adding up to 649 million
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Torrential rain causes flooding in parts of central Bulgaria
Heavy rain caused the Stara Reka river in Kazanluk in central Bulgaria to burst its banks on May 25, inundating
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Bulgaria does not expect refugee problem from Turkey – Interior Minister
Bulgaria does not expect a refugee problem from Turkey, even if Ankara withdraws from the agreement with the European Union
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Bulgaria moves to ease property qualification for permanent residence
A Bulgarian parliamentary committee has approved the first reading of changes to the Foreigners Act to decrease the property value
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Bulgarian far-right Ataka MP gets two years probation for hooliganism
Sofia City Court sentenced Dessislav Chukolov, an MP for Volen Siderov’s far-right Ataka minority opposition party, to two years’ probation,
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Bulgaria celebrates Day of Cyrillic script, Slavonic literature
With church services, parades of academics and school pupils and speeches by state and government leaders, Bulgaria joined in enthusiastic
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Humanitarian assistance cannot substitute for political solutions – Bulgarian PM
In recent years, the world has been facing humanitarian crises and disasters unprecedented in number, scale and duration, Bulgarian Prime
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Bulgarian PM inspects progress on Turkish border fence
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov carried out an aerial inspection of progress on the extension to the Bulgarian -Turkish border
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