Car of Plovdiv mayor’s wife burnt in early-morning arson attack
A car leased and used by Denitsa Toteva, spouse of Plovdiv mayor Ivan Totev, was burnt out outside the family
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Bulgaria’s ruling partners GERB, Reformist Bloc call for resignation of Supreme Judicial Council
On the eve of the official release on January 27 2016 of the European Commission’s report on Bulgaria’s performance under
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Bulgaria high court acquits former interior minister Tsvetanov in wiretap case
Bulgaria’s Supreme Court of Cassation (SCC) issued a final ruling in the trial of former interior minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov on
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Bulgarian Foreign Minister asks security agency to investigate leak of cable about Bokova
Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov has asked the State Agency for National Security to investigate the leaking to the media
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Bulgaria had among largest decreases in overnights at tourist establishments in EU in 2015 – Eurostat
Bulgaria was among three EU countries with the largest decreases in tourism in 2015, measured by the number of nights
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EuropoI: IS planning large-scale attacks in Europe
Islamic State group and other militants are likely to carry out large scale attacks in Europe following last year’s attacks
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Foreign chambers of commerce in Bulgaria in call to state leaders on judicial reform
Ten business associations representing foreign investors in Bulgaria have issued an open letter to Bulgaria’s state leaders on January 25
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Bulgaria’s current and former presidents call for expanding of direct democracy
Rossen Plevneliev and two of his predecessors as Bulgaria’s President have described the October 2015 national referendum as a success
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Borissov and GERB leave Bulgaria guessing over presidential candidate
Bulgarian Prime Minister and centre-right GERB party leader Boiko Borissov is keeping the country guessing over who his party’s candidate
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