French ambassador to Bulgaria: This was an attack on freedom of speech
The attack on Charlie Hebdo was an attack on freedom of speech, against one of the basic freedoms, French ambassador
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Electricity companies kept to rules on billing periods – energy minister
Checks of energy distribution companies had established that in more than 99 per cent of cases, the companies kept to
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Bulgarian cabinet returns former head of refugee agency to post
Bulgaria’s cabinet has returned Nikola Kazakov, who headed the State Agency for Refugees from 2010 to 2013, to the post
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Bulgaria’s government debt at 23.1% of GDP in November 2014
Bulgaria’s total government debt reached 9.6 billion euro at the end of November 2014, or 23.1 per cent of gross
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Man arrested after attempted arson of Plovdiv mosque
Police in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv arrested a 31-year-old man who attempted an arson attack on the city’s historic Dzhumaya mosque. The
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Bulgarian prosecutors seize Vassilev’s artworks from Corporate Commercial Bank
Bulgarian prosecutors have confiscated close to 300 paintings, including valuable works by some of the country’s most prominent artists, from
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More than 600 illegal migrants to be returned to Bulgaria from other EU countries
Bulgaria has confirmed that 684 illegal migrants will be returned to it from other European Union countries, adding that claims
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Bulgaria’s defence, interior ministries at odds over border control
Bulgaria’s ministers of defence and interior disagree on how to secure the country’s borders in the face of an expected
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Court orders extradition of terrorism suspects from Bulgaria to Spain
The district court in the Bulgarian town of Haskovo has ordered the extradition to Spain of three men allegedly involved
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