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Nine Bulgarians allegedly running a large-scale illegal cigarette factory near Hungary’s capital Budapest were arrested in a police operation that
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The controversial “Operation Worms” was not directed against the anti-government protesters of 2013/14 but against Interior Ministry officials giving unauthorised
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After days of headlines about what media reports called “Operation Worms”, the alleged large-scale illegal surveillance of protesters against Bulgaria’s
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European countries should demonstrate that they could work together to achieve greater interconnectivity, European Commission vice-president for energy union Maroš
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The Sofia Appellate Court said on February 9 2015 that it had upheld a May 2014 ruling by the Sofia
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The findings of an investigation ordered after allegations that anti-government protesters were the subject of illegal surveillance in 2013 and
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Bulgaria is one of the European Union countries that has the most interest in the security of energy supply and
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Ethnic Bulgarians in Ukraine are welcome in Bulgaria, Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said on February 8. A day earlier, local
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Procedures for issuing tourist visas to nationals of the Russian Federation, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia and Georgia will be eased,
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