Poll: New leader boosts support for Bulgarian Socialist Party
The election of Kornelia Ninova as the new leader of the opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party has seen support for that
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Bulgarian parliamentary minority group re-forms
In a turnabout just a few days after it split, the parliamentary group of the minority Bulgarian Democratic Centre re-formed.
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Ecumenical Patriarch calls on all Orthodox churches to take part in Pan-Orthodox Council
Responding to the refusal of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church to attend the Pan-Orthodox Council and indications that some other Orthodox
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EC convergence report says Bulgaria does not meet euro criteria
The European Commission said in its convergence report released on June 7 that Bulgaria did not yet meet the conditions
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Foreign Ministry issues advice to Bulgarians heading to Euro 2016, summer holidays
Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry has issued a series of pointers to the country’s citizens heading abroad for the summer holidays and
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Bulgaria reports 0.7% economic growth in Q1 2016
Bulgaria’s economy grew by 0.7 per cent in the first quarter of the year, according to preliminary data announced by
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Bulgarian President hosts Iftar dinner at start of Ramadan
Bulgarian head of state President Rossen Plevneliev hosted an Iftar dinner on the evening of June 6, as the Muslim
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Tourism Minister: Bulgarian beaches better than Greece’s
Greece has its troubles – economic woes and the refugee crisis among them – and now insult has been added
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Bulgaria drops lawsuit to pull out of Bourgas-Alexandroupolis pipeline company – report
Bulgaria has withdrawn a lawsuit filed last year to liquidate the project company for the Bourgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline, according to
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