Bulgarian PM tells Parliament of his frustration with Greek border blockade
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has told the National Assembly of his frustration with the Greek border blockade, describing it
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Palestinian sought by Israel for extradition from Bulgaria found dead in Palestine embassy grounds in Sofia
Bulgarian prosecutors and police are investigating after the dead body of a man was found in the grounds of the
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Open and shut case: Bulgarian – Greek border blockade saga continues
All border checkpoints between Bulgaria and Greece were open on the morning of February 26 2016, according to a Bulgarian
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Bulgaria anti-trust regulator opens cartel investigation against petrol retailers, refinery
Bulgaria’s Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) said on February 25 that it opened a formal investigation against seven petrol
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Bulgarian PM sees ‘great potential’ in energy co-operation with Israel
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov and his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu have held talks on issues including potential co-operation in
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Head of Bulgarian broadcast media regulator resigns over TV station licensing decision
The head of the Council for Electronic Media (CEM), the Bulgarian statutory body charged with the regulation of broadcast media,
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Bulgarian court holds first hearing in new ‘radical Islam’ lawsuit
The district court in Pazardjik held the first hearing of a case in which 14 people are accused of promoting
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Bulgarian Parliament votes to enable military to assist in border security
Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted on February 25 to enable the deployment of the country’s military to assist in securing its
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Price tag of lengthening Bulgarian – Turkish border fence ‘rises to 100M leva’
Bulgaria’s government has voted an additional 35 million leva for extending the fence along the Turkish border, bringing spending on
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