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An earthquake reported to have measured 4.6 on the Richter scale shook the towns of Kavarna, Balchik and Shabla on Bulgaria’s northern Black Sea coast on December 3 2012 at […]
The United States and Bulgaria have pledged to step up their co-operation in investigating the July suicide bomber terrorist attack on Israeli tourists at Bourgas Airport, with Bulgaria continuing to […]
Snowploughs were out on the streets of Bulgarian capital city Sofia on December 3 as the first major snowfall of the winter hit the country. Local media reported traffic was […]
The European Commission said on December 3 that it has opened a formal investigation into whether Bulgarian Energy Holding (BEH), the umbrella corporation set up in 2008 to hold most […]
The Bulgarian Christmas charity initiative, which seeks to raise funds for medical treatment and equipment for seriously ill children, is underway for the 10th year. The initiative, under the patronage […]
On the deadline day for Constitutional Court nominations, Bulgaria’s centre-right party Union of Democratic Forces (UDF) officially submitted the name of prosecutor Galya Gougousheva for the one vacant seat – […]
Bulgarian prosecutors pressed charges on November 30 against Violeta Nikolova, the former head of the Registry Agency fired in February, accusing her of embezzling 53 000 leva between July and […]
Youth unemployment in Bulgaria exceeded the 30 per cent mark in October 2012, from 25.1 per cent a year earlier, according to Eurostat figures that also showed new record overall […]
A short circuit in a billboard on the façade of the building was the suspected cause of the November 29 fire at the Mall of Sofia, the Bulgarian capital city’s […]
The United Nations General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly to recognize a Palestinian state with non-member observer status. There was jubiliation on the floor of the assembly after the resolution was […]
