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A Bulgarian lobby group against allowing smoking in public places has called for support for a protest in front of Parliament on December 13 when the health committee will be […]
A police operation co-ordinated by Europol was taking place in Bulgaria and Italy on December 11 2012, aimed at taking into custody people subject to European arrest warrants, Bulgaria’s Interior […]
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov is visiting Norway on December 10 and 11 2012 and would attend the ceremony at which the Nobel Peace Prize was conferred on the European […]
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has hinted that he will not oppose a backtrack being considered by his ruling party MPs that would see the indoor smoking ban eased to […]
Five people have died and there have been serious traffic and transport disruptions in the Balkans as the region has been hard-hit by serious snowfalls. Four of the deaths were […]
Temperatures in Bulgaria will fall under freezing point and more snow is to be expected on the evening of December 8 and on December 9, the national meteorology institute of […]
Russian president Vladimir Putin gave the start to construction of South Stream gas pipeline on December 7, Moscow’s ambitious geopolitical undertaking meant to keep Europe firmly in Gazprom’s embrace while […]
Galya Gougousheva, the only nominee for the vacant seat on Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court, has been alleged to have been involved in money laundering and using proxies to carry out commercial […]
Bulgaria’s Parliament passed at first reading on December 7 amendments to the Asset Forfeiture Act, the law regulating the confiscation of assets acquired through criminal activity first passed by MPs […]
In the first three days after it was launched, Bulgaria’s new missing child helpline has received more than 1700 calls – but only one was genuine and all the rest […]
