Controversies hit local government in Bulgaria six months ahead of elections
Six months ahead of mayoral and municipal elections in Bulgaria, a series of scandals has begun at local government level,
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Bulgarian socialists abandon bid to challenge government’s 8B euro debt plan
Bulgaria’s largest parliamentary opposition party, the socialists, said on May 21 that they would not challenge the government’s three-year eight-billion
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Archaeology: Bulgarian dig at motorway construction site finds Roman villa from time of Constantine the Great
Bulgarian archaeologists working at a site near the village of Mursalevo along the route of the construction of the Struma
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World Bank team: Bulgaria could turn the tide to faster, sustainable growth
A World Bank team held talks with Bulgarian cabinet ministers on May 20 on how the international financial institution can
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Bulgaria’s security agency, police detain 150 illegal immigrants in Sofia
Bulgaria’s State Agency for National Security (SANS), working with police and the Migration Directorate, detained more than 150 illegal immigrants,
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Five of eight Bulgarian parties sign declaration against use of internet trolls
Five out of eight of Bulgaria’s political parties with seats in Parliament signed a declaration on May 20 2015 pledging not
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Bulgarian cabinet moves on pension reform
Bulgaria’s cabinet approved on May 20 changes to the Social Security Code, introducing short-term and long-term measures which the government
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Bulgarian MRF leader takes court action against fine for electioneering in Turkish mother tongue
Lyutvi Mestan, leader of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms, has lodged court action against the 2000 leva (about 1000
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Bulgaria’s former caretaker interior minister appointed to head Military Intelligence
Bulgarian Defence Minister Nikolai Nenchev told reporters on May 19 that he was appointing Yordan Bakalov, who was interior minister
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