World Bank lends Bulgaria 300M euro to boost deposit guarantees fund
The World Bank has approved a 300 million euro loan to Bulgaria’s state deposit guarantee fund as part of a
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Bulgarian Foreign Ministry names team for Bokova’s UN Secretary-General candidacy
Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry announced on March 21 2016 the team that will work on the campaign for Irina Bokova to
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Controversial Bulgarian MP pulls out of deal to buy insolvent fertiliser plant
Delyan Peevski said on March 21 2016 that he was pulling out of the planned acquisition of an insolvent fertiliser
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Bulgaria confers highest state honour on visiting Vatican Secretary of State
Bulgaria awarded its highest state honour, the Stara Planina first class, to Vatican Secretary of State Pietro Parolin at a ceremony
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Bulgaria Prosecutor-General asks Parliament to lift immunity of socialist MP
Bulgaria’s Prosecutor-General Sotir Tsatsarov has filed a formal request to Parliament, asking for the House to lift the immunity of
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Bulgarian prosecutors do not believe death of Palestinian Zayed was murder
Bulgarian prosecutors investigating the February 26 death of Omar Zayed, a Palestian fugitive who had sought refuge at the Palestinian
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Bulgarian, Romanian defence ministers in talks on boosting co-operation
Bulgarian Defence Minister Nikolai Nenchev and his Romanian counterpart Mihnea Motoc held talks in Bucharest on March 21 2016, with
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Europe migrant crisis: Bulgaria, Macedonia hold joint exercise at border
Border Police and military personnel from Bulgaria and the Republic of Macedonia began on March 18 a joint exercise aimed
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Bulgaria has detained 1124 migrants and refugees since the start of 2016 – IOM
From the start of 2016 to March 16, Bulgarian authorities apprehended a total of 1124 migrants and refugees entering the
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