Bulgarian Orthodox Church includes blessing for Saxe-Coburg as ‘Tsar of Bulgarians’ in liturgies
The Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s governing body, the Holy Synod, has decided to include a blessing for Simeon Saxe-Coburg as “His
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Court acquits Bulgaria’s former roads agency chief in conflict of interest trial
Sofia City Court ruled on April 30 find Vesselin Georgiev, a former head of Bulgaria’s road infrastructure agency, not guilty
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Ombudsman: TV7 case ‘perhaps act of personal revenge’
Bulgaria’s national Ombudsman Konstantin Penchev said that he had the feeling that someone wanted to close down TV7, perhaps as
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Traffic congestion warnings ahead of long weekend in Bulgaria
Ongoing road works on the major thoroughfares into Sofia raised the prospect of long traffic jams for thousands of motorists
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Two Sofia top cops resign after raid on TV7
Two senior Sofia police officers, the chief of the sixth district and the deputy head of the Sofia directorate of
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World Bank: Bulgaria’s health system could do more while cutting out-of-pocket spending
The Bulgarian health care system could achieve much higher value-for-money while reducing out-of-pocket spending, according to World Bank experts. The
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Debt collectors, removal firm and police raid Bulgaria’s TV7, News7 to seize equipment
Bulgaria’s TV7 and News 7 channels were raided on April 29 by debt collectors and removal firm staff accompanied by
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Bulgaria to join project on boosting capacity to manage migration in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq
Bulgaria’s cabinet is to ask Parliament to ratify an agreement on a project intended to strengthen capacity to manage migration
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Bulgaria to seek 7M leva in assets from former deputy Parliament Speaker
Bulgaria’s asset forfeiture commission will seek to recoup in court more than seven million leva worth of assets from the
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