Change at the top to follow Parliament’s approval of Interior Ministry Act amendments
The days appear numbered for Svetozar Lazarov as chief secretary of Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry after the National Assembly approved the
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Bulgaria’s ruling party: Russia not a threat to Bulgaria, but those spreading rumours of war are
Russia is not a threat to Bulgaria, which has no intention of going to war with anyone and is building
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Bulgaria’s former caretaker PM: ‘No doubt’ there was surveillance of anti-government protesters
Georgi Bliznashki, who was Bulgaria’s caretaker prime minister in 2014 after the resignation of the “Oresharski” cabinet, said on February
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Bulgarian government approves BH Air for Sofia-Kolkata flights
The Bulgarian cabinet has approved BH Air to carry out flights on the Sofia-Kolkata (formerly Calcutta)-Sofia route, a government media
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Children, students and unemployed among Bulgarian accounts at HSBC – ICIJ’s Ryle
Children, students and unemployed people are among the total 74 accounts whose holders had Bulgarian addresses at the Swiss branch
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Russia calls on Bulgaria to ban ‘Lukov March’ honouring 1930s pro-Nazi general
The Russian foreign ministry has sent a protest note to the Bulgarian foreign ministry calling on the country to ban
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Damaged water main makes water in Varna unfit for drinking, cooking
Water in Bulgaria’s Black Sea region of Varna is unfit for drinking and cooking after a landslide damaged a water
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Bulgaria speeds issuing of visas to ethnic Bulgarians in Ukraine conflict zones
Bulgaria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has instructed the embassy in Kyiv and the consulate general in Odessa to facilitate the
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Bulgarian minority parties seek to pressure government over Ukraine
Opposition and minority parties in Bulgaria are seeking to pressure the country’s centre-right coalition cabinet over Ukraine, highlighting the plight
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