Bulgarian President calls for action against politicians using hate speech
State institutions and prosecutors should be completely free to take action against politicians who use hate speech, Bulgarian President Rossen
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EC proposes transferring 788 refugees from Greece and Italy to Bulgaria
The system for quotas for transferring migrants proposed by the European Commission (EC) envisages moving a total of 788 refugees
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Bulgaria’s ‘Square 500’ national gallery opens on May 28
Square 500, the gallery complex in Sofia commonly known in recent years as the “Bulgarian Louvre”, is to officially open
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The sugar-sprinkler, and other strange tales of Bulgaria’s mayors
In Bulgaria, the mayor’s chair sometimes is not easy to occupy – especially, for instance, if it has been seized
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Bulgarian Defence Minister orders handover of communist Military Intelligence archives to Dossier Commission
Bulgarian Defence Minister Nikolai Nenchev signed an order on May 27 to deliver the archives of communist-era Military Intelligence to
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Bulgaria high court overturns money-laundering acquittal against ‘Brendo’
Bulgaria’s Supreme Court of Cassation ruled on May 27 to overturn the appellate court’s decision to acquit Evelin “Brendo” Banev
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Cheating exposed in Bulgarian school-leaving exams
Bulgaria’s Ministry of Education is continuing to receive tip-offs about cheating in school-leaving examinations, the head of the inspectorate at
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Former foreign minister named Bulgaria’s new ambassador to Turkey
Nadezhda Neynski, who was Bulgaria’s foreign minister in the 1997/2001 Ivan Kostov cabinet, was nominated by the cabinet on May 27
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Nationalists put ultimatum to Bulgarian governing coalition over Roma, crime and electoral laws
Bulgaria’s nationalist Patriotic Front has threatened to withdraw its parliamentary support for the coalition government unless “adequate steps” are taken
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