Bulgaria grapples with aftermath of torrential rain
Several municipalities in Bulgaria are still in dire straits after the floods of recent days, with the situation still serious
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Bulgaria ends 2014 with 3.05B leva in Budget deficit
Bulgaria’s consolidated budget deficit for 2014 was 3.05 billion leva, slightly higher than the 2.99 billion leva envisioned in the
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Weekend heavy rain caused millions of leva damage to Bulgaria’s roads
States of emergency were still in force in various parts of southern and eastern Bulgaria on February 2 after heavy
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Bulgaria’s Plevneliev holds talks with four Balkans presidents
Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev held talks with the presidents of four Balkans countries who attended the February 1 state funeral
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Bulgarian air crew held in Sudan freed – official
Six Bulgarian air crew members working for the World Food Programme who had been held by a rebel group had
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Bulgarian government fires head of Employment Agency
The head of the Bulgarian government’s Employment Agency, Assen Angelov, has been dismissed. Angelov was appointed in December 2013, a
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Bourgas, south-eastern Bulgaria hard-hit by heavy rain
A partial state of emergency was declared in the Bulgarian Black Sea city of Bourgas on February 1, and emergencies
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Bulgaria’s new fence at Turkish border ‘to be like Berlin Wall’
The new 82km fence that Bulgaria plans to build at its border with Turkey will be higher, wider and well
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Bulgaria holds state funeral for former president Zhelyu Zhelev
The solemn rituals of a state funeral were held in Sofia’s Alexander Nevsky cathedral for former president Zhelyu Zhelev on
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