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During what proved to be the most snowy winter in a decade, residents of Bulgarian capital city Sofia were justifiably miffed that they could not ski on the Vitosha mountain […]
Bulgarian law enforcement officials have discovered and seized six skimming devices installed on ATMs on the country’s Black Sea coast during the month of July, the Interior Ministry said on […]
Two Bulgarians have been detained in Croatia for human trafficking, the Croatian news website Index reported, according to local news agency Focus. The Bulgarians, who are lorry drivers, were detained […]
A summer anti-AIDS campaign started on August 1 2012 on Bulgaria’s southern Black Sea coast. Over the course of 28 days, at various villages and towns in the Bourgas district, […]
Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry released on August 1 a photo of the terrorist who carried out the suicide bombing at Sarafovo airport in Bourgas on July 18, which killed five Israeli […]
Police are investigating on suspicion of incitement after far-right website kuruc.info published personal data on Jewish protesters who had called for the arrest of war crimes suspect László Csatáry. The […]
Financial institutions will be required to provide information about unusually large or highly complex financial transactions to the State Agency for National Security, in terms of legislative changes that were […]
Prices of inter-city bus tickets in Bulgaria increase as of August 1 2012, rising by one to two leva because of hikes in fuel prices. The new prices will make […]
At a ceremony on July 31 2012, President Rossen Plevneliev conferred Bulgaria’s highest state honour, the Stara Planina, on two outgoing ambassadors – Marc Michielsen of Belgium and Stefano Benazzo […]
I first met Stefan and Svetla Marinov in the closing phases of the First Balkan International Wine Competition held in Sofia recently. They were at the Chateau Burgozone stand, an […]
