Heavy snow in Bulgaria causes hazardous weather warnings, traffic restrictions, powercuts in villages
Heavy snowfall in Bulgaria on January 17 led to code red and code orange hazardous weather warning in many parts
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Bulgaria former court chief gets suspended sentence in eavesdropping trial
Vladimira Yaneva, the former head of Sofia City Court, was handed a one-year suspended sentence, with a three-year probation period,
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‘Code orange’ snow warning for Bulgaria
A code “orange” hazardous weather warning has been issued for eight districts in western and northern Bulgaria on January 16
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20M leva needed to repair Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s Alexander Nevsky cathedral in Sofia
Twenty million leva (about 10.2 million euro) is needed for urgent repairs to the Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s landmark St Alexander
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Minority party threatens to back out of Bulgarian coalition government unless Bokova named UNSG candidate
Georgi Purvanov, leader of minority socialist breakaway party ABC, has threatened to withdraw from his party’s deal to support Bulgaria’s
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Bulgarian PM drops in on top judiciary body meeting after receiving SMS
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov interrupted the weekly meeting of the Supreme Judiciary Council (SJC) on January 14, ostensibly to
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Bulgarian MPs give first-reading approval to air passenger data being given to State Agency for National Security
Bulgaria’s National Assembly approved on January 14 2016 the first reading of legislation that will empower the State Agency for
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European Court of Justice finds against Bulgaria in Kaliakra conservation case
The European Court of Justice has ruled against Bulgaria in a case brought by the European Commission against the country
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Bulgarian Parliament’s first step to other Nato countries guarding airspace
Bulgaria’s National Assembly has approved the first reading of amendments to the Defence and Armed Forces Act that will make
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