Human rights NGO queries Bulgarian Interior Ministry’s statements on shooting death of migrant
Human rights NGO the Bulgarian Helsinki Committee (BHC) says that it has interviewed Afghanistan migrants and found “significant differences” in
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Bulgaria and Poland to sign deal on MiG jet fighter upgrade on October 22
Bulgarian Defence Minister Nikolai Nenchev headed for Warsaw on October 21, the day before the scheduled signing with his Polish
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Bulgaria to introduce ‘junk-food tax’, targets 150M leva in revenue in 2016
Bulgarian consumers could pay indirect taxes on foodstuffs with high added sugar, salt, caffeine and hydrogenated oils content starting next
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Bulgaria issued close to 8800 first-time residence permits in 2014, most to Russians
Bulgaria issued a total of 8795 first-time residence permits in 2014, just more than 3300 to Russians, according to figures
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Bulgaria participates in Nato’s live military exercise Trident Juncture in Italy
Nato Allies and partner nations kicked off the Alliance’s Trident Juncture live military exercise on October 19 2015 during an
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Prosecutors question PM Borissov over ‘permission’ for Russian flights
Bulgaria’s Supreme Cassation Prosecution questioned Prime Minister Boiko Borissov in connection with a complaint filed by the Protest Network about
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Bulgaria’s October 2015 elections: 267 candidate mayors worked for State Security
A total of 267 candidate mayors in Bulgaria’s October 25 2015 mayoral and municipal elections had worked for the country’s
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FDI in Bulgaria in January-August was 944.3M euro
Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the eight months of the year stood at 944.3 million euro, the equivalent of
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Bulgarian police detain 58 migrants in Bourgas region
A total of 58 migrants were detained on October 18 by police in the Black Sea city of Bourgas and
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