Bulgaria’s ruling parties to hold more talks on election law changes
Representatives of organisations of Bulgarians abroad emerged from May 5 talks with Prime Minister Boiko Borissov saying that they had
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More rain forecast for Bulgaria over long weekend
Bulgaria heads into a second long weekend in a row with a weather forecast that predicts more clouds and the
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Yom HaShoah marked, as Bulgaria remembers Jews murdered and Jews saved
Bulgaria’s Jewish community joined in marking Yom HaShoah 2016, commemorating the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust, while also
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Fireworks over fireworks at Sofia cathedral at Orthodox Easter
Archimandrite Dionisii, dean of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s landmark Alexander Nevsky cathedral in Sofia, is no stranger to controversy. A
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Police, protesters hurt in clash in Bulgaria’s Radnevo amid ethnic tension
Three police and six protesters were injured in confrontations in the southern Bulgarian town of Radnevo as more than 2000
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Bulgaria approves funds for contact centre with Greece, Turkey
Bulgaria’s Cabinet approved on May 4 a sum of three million leva (about 1.5 million euro) to carry out projects
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Bulgaria’s CCB gave 2.5B leva loans to Vassilev firms, probe finds
Companies directly or indirectly linked to Tsvetan Vassilev, majority shareholder in the Corporate Commercial Bank (CCB), received an estimated 2.5
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Sofia Science Festival 2016: Richard III, Rosetta and the stars
The Sofia Science Festival is on from May 12 to 15 2016, this year boasting 69 events on a wide
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EU spring economic forecast re-iterates growth drop-off prediction for Bulgaria in 2016
European Commission’s spring forecast for the EU economy, released on May 3, cut the economic growth estimate in the 28-country
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