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The increase of the defensive deterrence posture of Nato should go hand-in-hand with deepening political dialogue with Russia, to avoid
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Unemployment in Bulgaria in December 2016 was 7.1 per cent, unchanged from November 2016 and down from the 7.9 per
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Five hundred refugees were evacuated from Bulgaria’s Harmanli refugee centre because of a fire, Bulgarian National Radio said on January
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Bulgarian President Roumen Radev, in Brussels on January 30 for his first official visit abroad as head of state, has
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Sofia City Court approved on January 30 the registration of Hristo Ivanov’s Yes Bulgaria (Да, България!) as a political party.
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Bulgaria’s caretaker Cabinet, at its first meeting on January 30, approved a budget of 29.9 million leva (about 15.3 million
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At the first meeting of his Cabinet, held on January 30, Bulgaria’s caretaker Prime Minister Ognyan Gerdzhikov gave his ministers
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Protesting Greek farmers intend further temporary blockages of border checkpoints with Bulgaria, reports on January 30 said. Each shutdown is
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Bulgarian centre-right coalition the Reformist Bloc held its first congress on January 28 2017, with just less than two months
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