WCC-DB co-leader Petkov: There will be no talks with Vuzrazhdane on a government
We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria co-leader Kiril Petkov hastened on July 6 to say that the coalition would not hold
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Ukrainian embassy urges Bulgarian politicians to not use the war for political purposes
Ukraine’s embassy in Sofia issued a call on July 6 to all officials and all political forces in Bulgaria to
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Caretaker PM: It is not true that Bulgaria will become an ‘indefinite donor’ to Ukraine
There is no way that Bulgaria will become an open-ended donor to Ukraine, at least because funds must be provided
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Bulgarian Parliament’s smallest group disintegrates amid acrimony
The parliamentary group of eccentric nationalist-populist party Velichie, which in June won seats in Bulgaria’s National Assembly for the first
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Archaeology: Field studies to begin on Roman-era Erite site on Bulgaria’s coast
Bulgaria’s caretaker cabinet this week granted the National History Museum free use for three years of a site close to
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Bulgaria: Peevski says MRF will turn down mandate to seek to form government
The Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) will refuse a mandate to seek to form a government, MRF parliamentary leader
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First residence permits issued by Bulgaria to non-EU nationals up 22.3% in 2023 y/y
In 2023, Bulgaria issued a total of 19 375 first residence permits with a validity of at least three months
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Bulgaria’s Parliament rejects GERB-UDF’s proposed PM
Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted on July 3 against GERB-UDF nominee Rossen Zhelyazkov becoming Prime Minister, thus defeating the first of
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Bulgarian railways offering narrow-gauge railway excursions in July
A special narrow-gauge railway train will travel every Saturday and Sunday in July 2024 from Septemvri station to Velingrad and
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