Kerry voices backing for energy diversification, judicial reforms in Bulgaria
United States backing for energy diversification and for the Bulgarian government’s recently-adopted updated strategy on judicial reform were voiced by
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Kerry visits Bulgaria to discuss energy security, other issues
Secretary of State John Kerry is visiting Bulgaria for talks on issues including energy security and economic prosperity. Kerry meets
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Bulgaria plans legislative changes to fight terrorism
The Bulgarian government’s security council has decided that there should be urgent legislative changes related to the fight against terrorism,
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EU aims to bolster energy connections in South Eastern Europe
The European Commission will set up a “high-level working group” to identify and advance cross-border energy sources diversification projects in
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UK, Bulgaria underline co-operation against terrorism, on diversification of energy supply
The visit to Sofia by UK foreign secretary Philip Hammond saw statements of commitments on bilateral co-operation against terrorism, on
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Bulgaria high court dismisses CCB shareholders appeal
Bulgaria’s Supreme Administrative Court (SAC) has dismissed the appeals lodged by several shareholders in the Corporate Commercial Bank (CCB) against
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Fire at hotel in Bansko
A fire damaged the two upper floors and roof of the Chateau Vaptsarov hotel in Bulgaria’s winter resort town of
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Bulgarian PM, Patriarch condemn terrorism
At talks on January 13, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov and Bulgarian Orthodox Church head Patriarch Neofit strongly condemned all
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French national allegedly linked to Islamist extremists to face extradition hearing on January 16
A French national, Fritz Jolie Joaquin, arrested by Bulgarian authorities on the basis of a European warrant for allegedly abducting
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