Bulgarian Parliament passes Judiciary Act amendments at first reading
Bulgarian MPs passed at first reading on March 16 amendments to the country’s Judiciary Act, which reflect the changes in
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Bulgarian banker Vassilev seeking Serbian citizenship to avoid extradition – report
The former majority shareholder in Bulgaria’s insolvent Corporate Commercial Bank (CCB), Tsvetan Vassilev, has filed an application to receive Serbian
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Bulgarian Cabinet proposes to pay close to 6M euro towards EU 3BN euro deal with Turkey
Bulgaria’s Cabinet agreed on March 16 2016 to ask the National Assembly to ratify a contribution of 5.9 million euro
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Bulgarian Cabinet appoints new head of State Agency for Refugees
Bulgaria’s Cabinet has appointed Petya Purvanova, who had been interior minister in the 2013 Raykov caretaker cabinet, as the new
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Sofia penalises owners neglecting cultural monument buildings, orders restorations
Sofia city council has embarked on penalising owners, including the ministries of health and of justice and the Bulgarian Orthodox
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New proposal for Plovdiv’s ‘Tobacco Town’ building
A new proposal for the future of the “Tobacco Town” warehouse in Plovdiv – at the centre of a major
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Bulgaria sells 1.99 billion euro dual-tranche bond issue
Bulgaria has successfully sold a dual-tranche bond issue worth 1.994 billion euro on March 14, taking advantage of last week’s
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Bulgaria has the youngest first-time mothers in the EU – Eurostat
Bulgaria has the youngest first-time mothers in the European Union, with Bulgarian women giving birth to children for the first
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Bulgarian traffic cops accept people’s videos and photos as evidence of road law violations
Bulgarian traffic police accept videos and photos sent by private citizens as evidence of gross breaches of road use laws
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