Bulgaria’s melodrama over education ministry drags on
A few days after Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov announced that he wanted the resignation of Todor Tanev as education
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Bulgaria awaits name of new education minister amid political melodrama
Protracted political negotiations among the Reformist Bloc were proceeding on January 29 on a nominee to become the new education
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Bulgarian Muslim leader Chief Mufti vows new court action after Cassation Court decision on properties
The saga of court claims by the office of the Chief Mufti, spiritual leader of Bulgaria’s Muslims, to be handed
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UNHCR says it is alarmed at plight of refugees and migrants at Bulgaria borders
The UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) said that it was extremely alarmed at reports of two dead bodies being
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Controversial Bulgarian ‘national strike – we’re here’ protest proves to be a misnomer
Preceded by warnings by senior Bulgarian officials of an “attempted coup” and allegations that “football fans” for hire would seek
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Bulgaria’s Parliament presented with rival proposals on dealing with the communist past
MPs from Bulgaria’s centre-right Reformist Bloc coalition and largest party GERB have tabled in Parliament proposals to outlaw communist-era symbols,
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Bulgaria’s top judiciary body rejects resignation calls
The annual ritual by Bulgarian politicians to cherry-pick the contents of the European Commission’s Co-operation and Verification Mechanism (CVM) progress
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European Commission tells Bulgaria to turn strategies on judicial reform, against corruption, into action
It is time for Bulgaria to move to the next stage by turning its strategies on judicial reform and the
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Transparency International finds perceptions of public sector corruption in Bulgaria largely unchanged
Bulgaria has again ranked 69th, this year out of 168 countries, in Transparency International’s latest annual Corruption Perceptions Index, which
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