MRF founder Dogan hits out at party leader over Turkey-Russia declaration ‘gaffe’
Ahmed Dogan, founder of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms – the party led and supported in the main by
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Bulgarian Prosecutor-General challenges prosecution of communist crimes in Constitutional Court
Bulgarian Prosecutor-General Sotir Tsatsarov has lodged a challenge in the Constitutional Court to amendments approved by Parliament in September lifting
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Bulgarian birth rate drops 6.5% year-on-year
A total of 58 140 children were born in Bulgaria between January 1 and December 20 2015, 4037 – or
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Foreign ministers: Bulgaria could be gateway for Iranian natural gas to Europe
Iran can serve as a gateway for Bulgarian goods to third-country markets, Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov said at a meeting
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Bulgarian Foreign Minister in talks with Iranian president in Tehran
Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov and Iranian president Hassan Rouhani have held talks covering what official statements described as good
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Borissov’s GERB: Bulgaria’s ruling coalition is stable
Bulgaria’s ruling coalition is stable and any attempts to undermine confidence in its artificially will result in nothing more than
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Close to 58 000 foreigners live in Bulgaria – Eurostat
The number of foreigners living in Bulgaria is about 57 965, making up about 0.8 per cent of the country’s
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Parliament approves appointment of Zaharieva as new Justice Minister
Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s nominee to replace Hristo Ivanov as Bulgaria’s Minister of Justice, Ekaterina Zaharieva, was voted into office
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World Bank forecasts 2.2% economic growth in Bulgaria in 2016
The World Bank expects economic growth in Bulgaria to reach 2.9 per cent this year but slow down to 2.2
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