Belgrade court rules to extradite CCB majority shareholder to Bulgaria – report
A court in Serbia’s capital city of Belgrade ruled on March 6 to extradite Tsvetan Vassilev, the majority shareholder in
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Bulgaria records 1.7% economic growth in 2014
Bulgaria’s economy grew by 1.7 per cent last year, based on preliminary data, the country’s National Statistics Institute (NSI) said
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Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry chief secretary, security agency head resign – reports
Bulgarian Interior Ministry chief secretary Svetozar Lazarov has resigned, several Bulgarian media said on March 6, the day that Prime
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Gender pay gap in Bulgaria has worsened, but still better than EU average
The gender pay gap in Bulgaria widened from 12.3 per cent in 2008 to 13.5 per cent in 2013, but
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‘Code red’ weather warning for snow, wind in two Bulgarian districts
Bulgaria declared a “code red” hazardous weather warning for March 6 in the southern districts of Smolyan and Kurdjali, following
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Bulgarian Parliament sets up committee of inquiry into Corporate Commercial Bank affair
Bulgaria’s Parliament voted on March 5 2015 to set up an ad hoc committee of inquiry into the conduct of
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Bulgarian PM names Buchvarova new Interior Minister, wants SANS chief and Interior Ministry chief secretary to quit
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said on March 5 that he was nominating Deputy Prime Minister Roumyana Buchvarova to become
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Head of Bulgaria’s Harmanli refugee centre dismissed
The head of Bulgaria’s State Agency for Refugees, Nikola Kazakov, has fired the director of the Harmanli refugee centre, Marko
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Protest and poser after Bulgarian Interior Minister submits resignation
The political drama over the resignation of Bulgaria’s Interior Minister Vesselin Vuchkov continued on March 5 as the formal tabling
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