Ultra-nationalist first among Bulgarian political leaders to congratulate Tsipras
Volen Siderov of far-right ultra-nationalist minority party Ataka was the first Bulgarian political leader to congratulate Alexis Tsipras on his
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Bulgarian President: We cannot allow the memory of the Holocaust to disappear with the last surviving witnesses
The crimes of Nazism should not be forgotten and the memory of the Holocaust cannot be allowed to disappear with
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Division between Muslims and Christians must not be allowed, Bulgarian PM and Chief Mufti agree
Division in society between Muslims and Christians should not be tolerated, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov and Chief Mufti Mustafa
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Bulgarians see little progress in judiciary reform, corruption fight – survey
Bulgarians were more downbeat about the progress made by the country in reforming its judiciary and fighting corruption and organised
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EC to criticise Bulgaria’s slow progress on judicial reform, fighting corruption – reports
Bulgaria’s progress on judicial reform and combating corruption is slow and the country is to be urged to adopt a
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Bulgaria, Romania fail to win EU backing for more compensation for dairy farmers hit by Russian embargo
Bulgaria and Romania have failed to win compensation for dairy farmers negatively affected by a Russian ban on imports of
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Bulgaria will host Junior Eurovision 2015 – official
Bulgaria will be the host of the Junior Eurovision 2015 song contest, Bulgarian National Television (BNT) director-general Vyara Ankova said
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Flu epidemic declared in Bulgaria’s Varna
An influenza epidemic has been declared in the Bulgarian Black Sea city of Varna, and schools will be closed from
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Facing downturn in Russian and Ukrainian tourists, Bulgaria plans to boost domestic tourism
With unofficial estimates projecting a halving of the number of Russian and Ukrainian tourists to visit Bulgaria this year, the
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