One in three Bulgarians smokes – the highest rate in the European Union
Close to 35 per cent of Bulgarians smoke, the highest rate in the European Union – higher than in Greece,
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Homeless man goes on trial for Plovdiv ‘Tobacco Town’ warehouses fire
Plovdiv District Court began on December 7 the trial of a homeless man, Lyubomir Danchev, on charges of criminal negligence
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Bulgarian President to offer Reformist Bloc mandate to form government on December 12
Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev will offer the third and final exploratory mandate to try to form a government to the
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Bulgarian prosecutors charge former Military Medical Academy head over 16M leva financial damage
The Sofia Military District Prosecutor’s Office has indicted Major-General Stoyan Tonev, former head of the Military Medical Academy, over contracts
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Bulgaria’s political crisis: Talks between Reformist Bloc and GERB produce no definitive result
Bulgaria’s centre-right Reformist Bloc coalition held talks with Boiko Borissov’s GERB party on December 6 to assess whether the bloc
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International study: 40% of Bulgarian ninth-graders functionally illiterate in science, maths and reading
A disturbing picture of Bulgaria’s education system has again emerged with the latest international PISA survey, showing that about 40 per
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Bulgaria’s Reformist Bloc starts consultations on trying to put together a government
Bulgaria’s centre-right Reformist Bloc coalition is starting consultations with a selection of other parliamentary groups on possibly trying to put
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Number of Afghans wanting to return home from Bulgaria could reach 500 – Interior Minister
About 300 Afghan citizens have applied for voluntary return to their country from Bulgaria and this number could reach 500,
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Bulgaria reports 0.7% economic growth in Q3 2016
Bulgaria’s economy grew by 0.7 per cent in the third quarter of the year, according to preliminary data announced by
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