Bulgarian Customs Agency chief Vanyo Tanov dies
Vanyo Tanov, chief of the Bulgarian Customs Agency, died on February 29 2016 at the age of 58. Public broadcaster
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Bulgarian police continue high-profile operation checking night clubs, luxury cars and private security guards
Bulgarian law enforcement has been continuing a countrywide special operation focusing on night clubs, drivers of luxury 4x4s, and private
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Bulgarian PM joins controversy over parliamentary committee on interference by Russia and Turkey in politics
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has joined the controversy over Parliament’s decision to set up an ad hoc committee to
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Earthquake of 4 on Richter Scale in Macedonia felt in Bulgarian towns
An earthquake of four on the Richter Scale, 10km north of Novo Selo in the Republic of Macedonia on February
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Police in Bulgaria stage operation against flashy road hogs, raid night clubs
Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry said on February 27 2016 that a large-scale police operation had been carried out in capital city
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Greek-Bulgarian border blockade: Bulgarian PM threatens ‘serious steps’
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov visited the Bulgarian – Greek border on February 27, crossing it to speak to Greek
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Palestinian delegation arrives in Sofia to join investigation into death of Zayed
A delegation from the Palestinian authority was due in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia on February 27 to investigate the death
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Death at the Palestinian embassy: Zayed ‘was alive when found’
Omar Zayed, who had been the subject of an extradition application to Bulgaria by Israel regarding his escape from jail
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Bulgaria: Russia’s comments on parliamentary probe into domestic political interference are ‘impertinent’
Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry has described as impertinent comments by Russia describing as “neo-McCarthyism” the Bulgarian National Assembly’s setting up of
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