Overcast skies, fog forecast for Bulgaria’s holiday weekend
The first weekend of spring in Bulgaria – which will stretch to four days given the celebrations of Liberation Day
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Bulgaria’s Borissov government keeps ringing the changes in top posts
Bulgaria’s centre-right coalition cabinet is continuing the process of personnel changes in top posts, this time appointing a new head
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EC steps up infringement proceedings against Bulgaria concerning drivers licences, rail safety
The European Commission has sent reasoned opinions to Bulgarian authorities in three infringement proceedings for failure to fully transpose EU
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Purvanov says he will resign as leader of his party over its turnabout on foreign borrowing
Georgi Purvanov said on February 26 that he would resign as leader of his ABC party, a day after some
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Bulgarian President says will not veto Cabinet’s new debt plan
Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev has said he would not veto the bill passed by Parliament on February 25, which ratified
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Bulgarian tax authorities probe four ‘Protest Network’ activists
At the request of the Sofia City Prosecutor’s office, Bulgaria’s National Revenue Agency has begun a formal investigation into four
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Bulgarian MPs ratify Cabinet’s 8B euro debt plan
Bulgaria’s Parliament ratified on February 25, at first and second reading, the Cabinet’s agreement with four foreign banks to issue
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Sofia appeal court confirms acquittal of former interior minister Tsvetanov on embezzlement charges
The Sofia Appellate Court ruled on February 25 to uphold a May 2014 ruling by the Sofia City Court that
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Bulgarian Parliament heads into latest day of debt drama
Bulgaria’s cabinet postponed its meeting scheduled for the morning of February 25 to allow ministers to attend a planned vote
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