Bulgarian birth rate continues to drop – statistics institute
The number of live births in Bulgaria in 2015 was lower than the previous year, with the country’s population continuing
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Most preferred destinations for Bulgarian emigrants are Germany, UK and Spain
Close to 30 000 Bulgarians left the country in 2015, the largest shares heading to Germany, the United Kingdom and
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Average Bulgarian marriage lasts 15.3 years
The average duration of a marriage in Bulgaria before divorce was 15.3 years in 2015, according to the National Statistical
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Bulgarian MPs adopt bill to make public CCB consultants report
Amendments to the bank insolvency law, passed by Bulgaria’s Parliament at second reading on April 14, require receivers to make
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Bulgarian to Macedonian president: Corruption should be investigated, not amnestied
Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev has telephoned his counterpart in Skopje, Gjorge Ivanov, to express his country’s concerns about the political
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Bulgaria’s top judiciary body splits into separate colleges
Bulgaria’s Supreme Judicial Council approved on April 14 a decision of how to distribute its current members into the new
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Plovdiv mayor backs burqa ban proposal
The mayor of Plovdiv, Bulgaria’s second-largest city, says that he personally supports banning the burqa in public places but it
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US: Marginalisation of Roma most pressing human rights problem in Bulgaria
The marginalisation of and societal intolerance towards the Romani minority remained Bulgaria’s most pressing human rights problem, the US State
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Bulgaria unveils proposals to boost cybersecurity
In the aftermath of a series of cyber attacks on state websites, Bulgarian leaders have adopted 10 recommendations for improving
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