Bulgaria’s political crisis: Skepticism greets Reformist Bloc’s attempt to form a new government
Bulgaria’s Reformist Bloc has a deadline of December 19 to form a new government, but their acceptance of a mandate
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Bulgarian Prosecutor-General: Speeding is leading suspected cause of fatal blast in Hitrino
Speeding remains the leading suspected cause of the fatal gas tank transport train explosion in Hitrino, Bulgarian Prosecutor-General Sotir Tsatsarov
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European Commission approves 20M leva aid for Hitrino’s recovery – Bulgarian agriculture minister
The European Commission approved on December 13 the provision of nearly 20 million lev to deal with damage from the
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Bulgaria’s Muslims and Jews launch fund-raising campaigns to aid Hitrino village
Bulgaria’s Muslim and Jewish communities are launching fund-raising campaigns to assist people in the village of Hitrino, scene of a
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New director of Bulgaria’s Harmanli refugee reception centre appointed
Former senior Border Police official Slavcho Yanev has been appointed the new director of the Harmanli refugee reception centre, Bulgaria’s
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Bad weather could hamper gas tank clearance operation in Bulgaria’s blast-hit Hitrino village
Bad weather on December 13 posed a risk to plans to use special cranes to remove gas tanks remaining in
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Bulgaria’s 2016 road death total already overtakes 2015 – and is highest since 2010
A total of 682 people have died in accidents on Bulgaria’s roads so far in 2016, according to official Interior
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Bulgaria’s political crisis: Reformist Bloc accepts mandate to try to form a government
Bulgaria’s centre-right Reformist Bloc accepted a mandate from President Rossen Plevneliev on December 13 to try to form a government.
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British community in Bulgaria joins efforts to aid people of blast-hit Hitrino
The British expatriate community in Bulgaria is being drawn in to help families of victims of the fatal explosion in
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