EU Commissioner Georgieva drops out of unofficial race to be Bulgaria’s nominee for UN chief
Bulgaria’s Kristalina Georgieva, European Commission vice-president for the EU budget and human resources, appears to have dropped out of the
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Bulgarian TV showman presents petition to Parliament calling for referendum on reforms
A petition purported to have more than 670 000 signatures calling for a national referendum on six questions related to
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Plovdiv closes schools for rest of week to counter spread of flu
Plovdiv mayor Ivan Totev has announced that schools in Bulgaria’s second-largest city will be closed from February 9 2016 until
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Long queues of lorries as Greek farmers again blockade Bulgarian border checkpoint
A 12km queue of lorries formed at the Kulata-Promachonas checkpoint at the border between Bulgaria and Greece on February 8
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Romanian skier dies in accident at Bulgaria’s Bansko resort
A Romanian died in an accident in the ski zone above the Bulgarian winter mountain resort of Bansko on February
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Bulgarian police find bodies of two migrants frozen to death near border
Bulgarian police found the bodies of two women migrants frozen to death near the Malko Turnovo border crossing with Turkey
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Bulgarian Parliament approves role for Nato in protecting country’s air space
Bulgaria’s National Assembly has approved the second and final reading of amendments to the Defence and Armed Forces Act that
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Farmer blockade at Greek-Bulgarian border eases – reports
After a week of extensive traffic disruption at the border crossings between Bulgaria and Greece, the blockade imposed by Greek
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EC raises Bulgaria’s 2015 growth estimate again in winter forecast
The European Commission’s winter forecast for the EU economy, released on February 4, estimated that economic growth in the 28-country
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