Bulgaria marks anniversary of prevention of deportation of Bulgarian Jews to Holocaust death camps
Senior politicians, members of the Bulgarian Jewish community and diplomats took part in ceremonies on March 10 2016 commemorating the
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Austria: Balkan Route should remain closed to migrants
Austrian interior minister Johanna Mikl-Leitner says the Balkan immigration route should remain closed, after Slovenia, Macedonia, Serbia, and Croatia closed
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Bulgarian Ataka leader Siderov pleads guilty in three court cases
Volen Siderov, leader of the Ataka party in the Bulgarian Parliament, has pleaded guilty to the charges in three court
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Bulgarian state lottery jackpot hits 5.5M leva
An estimated 5.5 million leva, or about 2.8 million euro, will be up for grabs in one of the jackpots
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Call for special meeting of Plovdiv city council over ‘Tobacco Town’ demolition controversy
A group calling itself “To Protect Tobacco Town” lodged a formal request on March 9 for a special meeting of
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Bulgarian anti-trust regulator appointments delayed
The process to appoint a new line-up of the Bulgarian Commission for Protection of Competition has suffered a setback on
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Members of Bulgaria’s anti-government protest group form ‘June 14’ political party
A group of Bulgarians who were among those who founded the Protest Network during the 2013/14 large-scale public protests demanding
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Bulgarian President Plevneliev to address Parliament on March 18 after talks with political parties
Bulgarian head of state President Rossen Plevneliev has concluded his 2016 round of political consultations with representatives of all groups
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Bulgarian government nominates new ambassador to United States
Bulgaria’s Cabinet has nominated President Rossen Plevneliev’s foreign policy secretary Tihomir Stoychev to become the new country’s ambassador in Washington
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